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Kash Patel defends FBI’s new policy on bestiality at Senate hearing

Sen. John Kennedy grilled the FBI director about a recently revised policy that doesn’t automatically disqualify job applicants who have engaged in bestiality.

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Patel won’t rule out FBI at the polls on Election DayWASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel refused to say whether agents would be present at the polls during the midterm elections in a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing Tuesday. The comments came as members from both parties questioned Patel over issues ranging from elections to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and a bizarre…

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FBI chief Kash Patel defends loosening of employment standards on bestiality, prostitutionFBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification. The FBI quietly issued guidance this past spring lifting a categorical hiring ban on applicants who had…

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FBI oversight hearing: Klobuchar presses Patel on fraud, cyberattacks, and shootingsU.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar questioned FBI Director Kash Patel on several issues involving Minnesota during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, including fraud investigations, the fatal shootings Alex Pretti and Renee Good and recent cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems.

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Kash Patel to testify on FBI oversight before Senate committeeIt will be Kash Patel's first appearance before Congress since May.

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WATCH: Patel testifies in Senate hearing, defending changes to FBI hiring standards on prostitution, bestialityFBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday defended the bureau's loosening of hiring standards regarding an applicant's past experience with prostitution and bestiality, insisting that the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to be considered for employment without fear of automatic disqualification.

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