Graham grills fbi -nominated patel over ‘disgusting’ and ‘corrupt’ crossfire hurricane probe

Trump FBI Director-Nominated Kash Patel was grilled on Thursday over the FBI’s investigation into alleged Trump-Russia connections in the wake of the 2016 election, known according to its nickname “Crossfire Hurricane” and which has emerged as something of a partial lightning rod in Years since the study was closed.

Senator Lindsey Graham, in turn, spent most of his allotted time on Thursday to grill patel over his views on the investigation, which he has shined courage as politically motivated and a “disgusting” use of FBI resources.

Patel was exploited in 2017 by the then intelligence chairman Devin Nunes to join House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to investigate the origin of the Trump-Russia probe-a study that was widely praised by Republicans such as helping to discredit the FBI’s Inquiry.

“Is it reasonable to say that the people who are responsible for examining the Crossfire organ hated Trump’s gut?” Graham asked Patel on Thursday during his confirmation hearing.

“Yes, Sir,” Patel replied.

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Senator Lindsey Graham, Rs.C., waiting for President Joe Biden in the White House in Washington, Tuesday 10 September 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Graham added: “Do you believe the Crossfire Orchan was one of the most disgusting episodes in the FBI story of a corrupt investigation led by corrupt people who would take Donald Trump down?”

After Patel responded in the affirmative, Graham continued to separate what he sees as the politicization of the FBI, which he claimed, “ignores evidence, constitutes evidence and lies to get Donald Trump.”

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President Donald Trump has appointed long -time allied Kashyap “Kash” Patel, who has been a frequent and harsh critic of the FBI, to serve as the agency’s next director of the new administration. (Reuters)

“FBI agents told someone and everyone would listen to (the investigation) is not reliable, this is not reliable. But they plowed on, ”Graham added.

“That’s why you’re in this chair today to fix it,” Graham said. “Without the Crossfire -Orkanen, this guy wouldn’t be here.”

Patel is a close ally of the elected president and served in First Trump administration Both as Deputy Assistant and as Senior Director of Terrorism.

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His nomination has given rise to early criticism from some Democrats prior to his confirmation hearing, which has quoted his previous promises to prosecute journalists and career officials at the Ministry of Justice and the FBI, which he sees as part of the “deep state.”

He has since tried to clarify some of these comments.