Politics Sep 15 WATCH: Blumenthal grills FBI Director Kash Patel on firing Iran specialists days before U.S. launched war By Maria Ramirez Uribe
Politics Sep 15 WATCH: Patel grilled on whether he'll send FBI agents to the polls in November Welch asked if Patel agrees with the president’s remark in this year’s State of the Union address that Democrats must cheat to win elections. By Joshua Barajas
Politics Sep 15 WATCH: Patel explains why FBI no longer considers bestiality an automatic hiring disqualifier Patel said the change allows applications from people who have been victims of these crimes to be considered. By Maria Ramirez Uribe
Politics Sep 14 WATCH: Patel testifies in Senate hearing, defending changes to FBI hiring standards on prostitution, bestiality FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday defended the bureau's loosening of hiring standards regarding an applicant's past experience with prostitution and bestiality, insisting that the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to be considered for employment without… By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Politics Aug 04 3 FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration The agents were terminated as part of a broader personnel purge by FBI Director Kash Patel that has targeted employees who investigated Trump or are perceived as being against the administration's interest. By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Jun 23 8 convicted of terrorism charges in Texas immigration center shooting sentenced to decades in prison By Jamie Stengle, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press One demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer during a protest outside a Texas immigration center July 4 has been sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. Continue reading
Jun 16 FBI disrupts a planned attack on the White House UFC cage-fighting show, court papers say By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Court papers unsealed Tuesday say plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled. Continue reading
May 14 FBI Director Kash Patel took 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial, emails show By Jim Mustian, Eric Tucker, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona. The battleship is now a military cemetery reachable only by boat. It has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank the… Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: FBI Director Kash Patel, ATF, DEA heads testify in Senate hearing By Eric Tucker, Associated Press FBI Director Kash Patel angrily lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker at a budget hearing Tuesday, calling allegations that he drinks excessively on the job and has been unreachable at times to his staff “unequivocally, categorically false.”… Continue reading
May 06 Watch 5:46 FBI reportedly investigates journalist who wrote about Kash Patel's heavy drinking By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams The FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into whether information was leaked to a reporter for The Atlantic, who wrote that FBI Director Kash Patel’s quote “excessive drinking” was causing deep concern in the bureau. Carol Leonnig, a senior… Continue watching