Kash Patel lashes script on them senator after being grilled on j6 pardons: ‘brutal reality check’

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, pushed back in his confirmation hearing after he was grilled on the president’s pardon of January 6th rebels.

“Then you think America is safer because the 1600 people have been given the opportunity to get out of dismissing their judgments and living in our community again?” Democratic Senator Dick Durbin asked Patel in Thursday’s hearing and pressed him on January 6, assaulting police officers who had their convictions commuted earlier this month.

Patel responded with a reference to the bite’s decision in the last hours of his presidency about Free Leonard PeltierA left-left activist convicted in the murder of 1975 on two FBI special agents, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, which was closed down in a shootout in South Dakota.

“Senator, I haven’t looked at all 1600 individual cases, ”Patel said.

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Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and FBI -Director Nominated Kash Patel (AP/Reuters)

“I have always gone to have imprisoned those who harm our law enforcement and civil society. I also think America is not more secure because President Bidens Commuting a man who murdered two FBI agents. Agent Coler and William’s family deserves better than having the man who is glossy reach fired a hail in their heads and murdered them, released from prison.

Durbin responded by taking down the comparison between Peltier and January 6 -rebels.

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Senator Dick Durbin speaks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judicial Service on Capitol Hill, December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

“Leonard Peltier was in prison for 45 years,” Durbin replied. “He is 80 years old and he was sentenced to confinement in the home. So he is not free. As you may have just suggested. He killed two FBI agents. He did, and he went to jail for it and should have .

Patel replied: “Senator, America will be safe when we do not have 200,000 overdose of two -year drugs, America will be safe when we do not have 50 killings a day.”

Kash Patel speaks during a campaign event for Republican election candidates. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Conservative and supporters of Patel on social media praised Patel for his response.

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In his opening notes, chairman of Chuck Grassley said in Senate’s Legal Committee, “Public confidence in the FBI is low.”

“Only 41% of the US public thinks the FBI is doing a good job. This is the lowest rating in a century,” he continued.

Grassley proclaimed Patel’s experience as a public defender and with the Ministry of Justice as well as his commitment to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2017 to investigate the origin of the Trump-Russia probe.

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Patel has “managed large intelligence and defense bureaucracies, identified and counteracted national security threats, prosecuted and defended criminals,” Grassley said. “He has done this as he fought for transparency and accountability in government,” gives him “exactly the qualifications we need at this time,” to lead the agency.

Patel’s nomination has given rise to early criticism from some Democrats prior to his confirmation hearing, who has quoted his previous promises to prosecute journalists and career officials at the Ministry of Justice and the FBI, whom he sees as part of “Deep State.”

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report