FBI Director Kash Patel lost it Wednesday when Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) suggested he lied during his senate confirmation hearing.
Just 10 days after President Donald Trump began his second term, Patel — who he nominated to be his new director of the FBI — was in front of the Senate taking a barrage of questions. One of those questions focused on Patel’s association with Stew Peters, a prominent anti-Semite with his own podcast. Although Patel claimed he was unfamiliar with Peters, he appeared on his podcast eight times.
During a Wednesday hearing about Trump’s 2026 budget request, Dean cited that moment to make the argument that he has not been honest in the past.
“During your Senate confirmation hearings, you repeatedly denied having any involvement as a private citizen in the firing of FBI officials who engaged in the prosecution against January 6th insurrectionists,” Dean began, “the violent rioters who beat and killed Capitol police officers and whom you referred to as political prisoners. Since then, multiple whistleblowers have come forward, and we know that you likely committed perjury. At the same hearing, you claimed you were not familiar with Stew Peters, an anti-Semitic Holocaust denier, despite the fact that you appeared on Mr. Peters’ podcast eight separate times — eight times — and you claimed not to recall. Mr. Patel, my second question is, should we worry more about your memory or your veracity?”
In response, Patel fired back with his own digs at Dean:
PATEL: We should worry more about your lack of candor. You’re accusing me of committing perjury. Tell the American people how I broke the law and committed a felony. Have the audacity to actually put the facts forward instead of lying for political banter so you can have a 20-second donation hit.
DEAN: The answer is both.
PATEL: The answer is you’re failing.
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