In a tense and dramatic Senate hearing, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) clashed with FBI Director nominee Kash Patel over his alleged ties to individuals involved in the January 6th Capitol riot. Schiff forcefully demanded that Patel turn around and face the Capitol Police officers present in the room, accusing him of profiting off those who assaulted their colleagues.
Patel, refusing to look away from Schiff, responded, "I'm looking at you. You're talking to me." The fiery exchange underscored deep divisions over Patel’s nomination, with Schiff pressing him on his fundraising efforts linked to Jan. 6 defendants
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Patel, refusing to look away from Schiff, responded, "I'm looking at you. You're talking to me." The fiery exchange underscored deep divisions over Patel’s nomination, with Schiff pressing him on his fundraising efforts linked to Jan. 6 defendants
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00:00I want you to turn around. There are Capitol Police officers behind you.
00:03They're guarding us. Take a look at them right now.
00:06Turn around.
00:07I'm looking at you. You're talking to me.
00:09No, no, no. Look at them.
00:10I want you to look at them if you can, if you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel,
00:15and tell them you're proud of what you did.
00:17Tell them you're proud that you raised money off of people that assaulted their colleagues,
00:23that pepper-sprayed them, that beat them with poles.
00:26Tell them you're proud of what you did, Mr. Patel.
00:28They're right there. They're guarding you today.
00:30Tell them how proud you are.
00:32That's an abject lie, and you know it.
00:33I've never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement.
00:40I've worked with these men and women, as you know, my entire life.
00:44And I did not make a single dime out of it.
00:47How about you ask them if I have their backs, and let's see about that answer.
00:52Let me ask you this, Mr. Patel. Let me ask you this.
00:55If an FBI director promoted a song of people who spray pepper spray in the face of an FBI agent,
01:03would you say they were fit to be director?
01:07Yes or no? Would they be fit to be director?
01:09I am fit to be the director of the FBI.
01:12If you were the FBI director and you promoted a song of someone who beat an FBI agent with a pole,
01:18would you say you were fit to be FBI director?
01:21Mr. Schiff, I am fit to be FBI director based on my 16 years in government service.
01:25And yet you did all these things, Mr. Patel.
01:27You can say, oh, I support law enforcement. I decry violence against law enforcement.
01:32You can say all that.
01:34It's what you did, Mr. Patel, that matters.
01:36It's what you did that matters.
01:38Well, let me ask you about something else.
01:40I want you to turn around. There are Capitol Police officers behind you.
01:43They're guarding us. Take a look at them right now.
01:46Turn around.
01:47I'm looking at you. You're talking to me.
01:49No, no, look at them.
01:51I want you to look at them if you can, if you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel,
01:55and tell them you're proud of what you did.
01:57Tell them you're proud that you raised money off of people that assaulted their colleagues,
02:03that pepper sprayed them, that beat them with poles.
02:06Tell them you're proud of what you did, Mr. Patel.
02:08They're right there. They're guarding you today.
02:11Tell them how proud you are.
02:12That's an abject lie and you know it.
02:14I have never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement.
02:20I've worked with these men and women, as you know, my entire life.
02:24You glorified it in song, Mr. Patel.
02:25And I did not make a single dime out of it.
02:27How about you ask them if I have their backs and let's see about that answer.
02:32Let me ask you this, Mr. Patel. Let me ask you this.
02:35If an FBI director promoted a song of people who spray pepper spray in the face of an FBI agent,
02:43would you say they were fit to be director?
02:46Yes or no? Would they be fit to be director?
02:49I am fit to be the director of the FBI.
02:52If you were the FBI director and you promoted a song of someone who beat an FBI agent with a pole,
02:58would you say you were fit to be FBI director?
03:01Mr. Schiff, I am fit to be FBI director based on my 16 years in government service.
03:05And yet you did all these things, Mr. Patel.
03:07You can say, oh, I support law enforcement. I decry violence against law enforcement.
03:12You can say all that. It's what you did, Mr. Patel, that matters.
03:16It's what you did that matters.
03:18Well, let me ask you about something else.
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