At Wednesday's House Intel Committee hearing, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) asked FBI Director Kash Patel if he'd open an investigation into the Signal leak.
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00:00Thank you, I appreciate that. And Director Patel, I learned just recently that you only heard about this yesterday,
00:05which blows my mind, since I heard about it two days ago, and I'm just a low-on-the-dais, you know, junior chipmunk here.
00:12Did you really only hear about this yesterday?
00:14The exact timeline I'm not aware of, but yeah, I think it was yesterday or the night before.
00:19And now that another day has passed, do you believe...
00:20Actually, it was the night before the hearing.
00:22Now that another day has passed, do you believe that it's now time, potentially, for the FBI to open an investigation into this?
00:27I'm not going to comment on that.
00:29Because you're the director of the FBI, you don't believe it's appropriate to comment on that?
00:33Because there's a process in place, there's an ongoing litigation, and the National Security Council is reviewing this matter,
00:38and I'm not going to discuss any open or closed investigations.
00:41That ongoing investigation, literally, the lawsuit happened today or yesterday afternoon,
00:46and the idea that you don't have an opinion on this at this point is frustrating to me.
00:50No, it's not. I'm not going to prejudge any matters, and the men and women of the FBI will call the balls and strikes.
00:56Reclaiming my time, sir.
00:57Not you.
00:58Mr. Chairman, I'd like to have...
00:59Gentleman's recognized. You have four seconds remaining.
01:02No, I have more than that.
01:03You have two seconds remaining.
01:04Mr. Mattel would not add...
01:05Gentleman's time has expired. Mr. Stubbe.