BREAKING NEWS: Adam Schiff And Kash Patel Erupt In Unreal Screaming Match At Wild Senate Hearing

But the Comey FBI failed to review the evidence at the time. After nearly a decade in the shadows, this information has now come to light thanks to Dr. Patel, or Director Patel. Senator Schiff.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Patel, during your confirmation hearing, you made several important commitments. For instance, you told Senator Coons there will be no politicization at the FBI, there will be no retributive actions taken by any FBI should I be confirmed as FBI director. So let me ask you very specifically, did you ever take any action to terminate or discipline an FBI agent or employee in whole or in part as retribution for being part of an investigation

of Donald Trump or January 6th?

No.

You also committed, you assured Senator Blumenthal, all FBI employees will be protected against political retribution. So you're testifying today that you played no role in the firing of even a single FBI agent for political retribution.

None for political retribution.

And if any FBI agent said you did, they would be lying? Is that your testimony?

I'm only speaking to my actions. Everybody is allowed to make their allegations.

These are allegations against you. And Mr. Patel, if FBI, senior FBI agents or employees said that you were firing them for political retribution reasons because of the cases they were assigned, you're saying they would be lying.

Is that what you're saying? Anyone that was terminated at the FBI was done so for failing to meet the standards, uphold their constitutional oath, and effectuate the mission.

Well, by meet the standards, are you talking about meet the standards, are you talking about meet the standards of protecting the president under any circumstance?

No.

You also guaranteed Senator Blumenthal that every FBI employee will be held to the same, absolute same standard. No one will be terminated for case assignments. Are you testifying today that you never terminated anyone at the FBI, in whole or in part, because of a prior case assignment?

No one at the FBI is terminated for case assignments alone.

Well, I'm asking about you, Mr. Patel. Did you, in whole or in part, terminate anyone at the FBI because they worked on the Trump investigation or because they worked on January 6th?

No one at the FBI has been terminated for case assignments alone.

Okay, you're saying alone. Does that mean they were terminated in part because they were assigned to a January 6th case or assigned to the Mar-a-Lago case? You're being very precise here, Mr. Patel. You're saying alone. That means they were fired in part because they were assigned those cases. Is that your testimony?

Absolutely not. But if you want to keep putting words in my mouth, go ahead.

Okay. Well, then let me ask you, let's strip away the word alone. Did you terminate or participate in any discipline of any FBI employee in whole or in part because of their work on an investigation of Donald Trump or January

6th, yes or no? Any terminations at the FBI by employees? I'm asking you a very specific question. I'm going to answer the question but you don't like the answer because it's the truth. No, I want an answer to my question, I don't want an answer to someone else's question. So let me just be precise and I asked for a yes or no answer. Did you ever terminate or discipline an FBI employee in whole or in part

because they had been assigned or worked on an investigation of Donald Trump or January 6th?

FBI employees are only terminated if they fail to uphold their oaths of office and duty. Yes or no? You're not answering my question. FBI employees are only terminated if they fail to uphold their oaths of office and duty. I don't have to answer your question yes or no because you're setting up a trap so you can have a media narrative and I'm not giving it to you. Unless it's true that you fired people. People have been terminated at the FBI who failed to uphold the standards that the FBI

requires them to uphold. Did you tell anyone at the FBI that all FBI employees who they identified who had worked on cases against President Trump would be removed from their jobs?

Did you tell that to someone at the FBI?

Say that I would remove people for case assignments? That you would, that people that were identified as having worked on cases against President Trump would be removed from their jobs.

Did you tell that to someone at the FBI?

People are not removed for case assignments.

Just answer my question. Just answer my question. Did you tell that to someone? People are not removed for case assignments. No, no, no, you're not answering my question.

And I would never tell anyone. Mr. Patel, did you tell someone at the FBI that FBI employees identified as having worked on cases against President Trump would be removed from their jobs? Yes or no? Did you tell someone that? I would never tell anyone at the FBI that they're being removed for basically their case assignments. Okay, so anyone who had said that would be lying. Is that your testimony? Anyone can say whatever they

want. No, I know, but you're saying they were a liar. I'm telling you what I said. Because this is in the complaint against you, Mr. Patel. So you're saying Mr. Driscoll and others are liars. I'm not going to address the complaint in the ongoing litigation. Have you ever told anyone at the FBI that the FBI tried to on the removal of agents who worked on cases against the

president.

No. Did you ever tell anyone that? No. Okay. Did you ever tell anyone that you knew the summary firings you were undertaking were illegal, likely illegal, and that you would be sued and later deposed?

Did you ever tell anyone that?

No firings at the FBI or terminations were done for anything other than justified cause.

Did you ever tell anyone that, Mr. Patel? I'm not going to say that.

I'm not going to say that. Did you ever tell anyone that? No. Did you ever tell anyone that?

Let me move on to the test.

In 2024, you were asked by Glenn Beck about Epstein's black book.

And you said, he asked, who has Jeffrey Epstein's black book? And you said, black book, FBI. And he said, but who? That is I mean, there's, and you said, oh, that's under the direct control of the director of the FBI. That's what you said. Was that true?

Mr.

Patel?

I'll rely on you quoting it accurately.

I did that a couple of years ago.

What you, what you represented to Mr. Beck and the president's supporters out there, or were you lying? We know was it true that the black book Epstein's black book was on was in the possession of the FBI director

The black book was in the possession of the FBI Okay, so now that you're the FBI director you have possession of the black book right that index has been released So you have Jeffrey Epstein's black book what is known as Jeffrey Epstein's black book. What is known as Jeffrey Epstein's black book has been released. Okay. By us. And you released it. And let me follow up on Senator Kennedy's question because he asked you, and I'll be very precise here, you've seen most of the files, who if anyone did Epstein traffic these young women to besides himself? And

You said himself there's no credible information none if there were I would bring the case yesterday that he trafficked to other individuals and Kennedy that the information we have again is limited and Senator Kennedy said the answer is no one and you said for the information we have So is it your testimony today? that in all the Epstein files that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked no one to anyone but himself?

Is that your testimony, Mr. McConnell?

I never said Jeffrey Epstein didn't traffic anyone else.

Did he traffic any young woman to someone other than himself? That was Mr. Kennedy's question, Senator Ken's question.

And I said the information that three administrations have had access to have made determinations that there are no investigative leads that were credible to prosecute and investigate any others.

I am specifically stating we were working on.

Well, I'm asking you whether your testimony today that-

You just read it and I said it 10 minutes ago so let the record reflect

my testimony. I just want to make sure there's no misunderstanding because there are victims like Virginia Gweifer who have testified otherwise, who have said otherwise, and you're telling the American people today that the Epstein list is a single name and it's Jeffrey Epstein. That's what we're to believe?

That's not what I'm saying. That's what you're saying. And you can say whatever you want.

Let me ask you this. When Todd Blanch went to interview Jusaine Maxwell, she said, but did I think these guys were coming for that? I really don't. If you met Epstein, there's no way that this cast of characters, of which it's extraordinary, and some are in your cabinet, who you value

as your co-workers and you know would be with him if he was a creep or because they wanted sexual favors. A man wants sexual favors, he will find out they didn't have to come to Epstein for that. And the next question Todd Blanche, the president's former criminal defense lawyer, asked, is not who in the cabinet, who are you referring to? His question is, so when's the last time you think you were with Mr. Epstein when he got a massage? So let me ask you, who are those cabinet members that Jelaine Maxwell was referring to that were part of this cast of characters associated

with Mr. Epstein. Who are they? The Deputy Attorney General took the aggressive step that no one else did and interviewed Ms. Maxwell for two days and we released the entirety of that transcript. Who are the cabinet members? I do not have that transcript in front of me. You're picking it piecemeal. The American public can read the entirety of that.

Let me ask you one last question because you clearly won't tell us the cabinet members associated with Mr. Epstein. Let me ask you one last question. And that is, right after she gives this testimony in front of an FBI agent among others She's transferred to a minimum security prison not suitable for a sex offender like herself

Who made that decision and why the Bureau of Prisons The Bureau of Decisions made it in prisons the Bureau of Prisons decided on their own Without any consultation with Blanche or anyone else that they were gonna suddenly after this interview completely unrelated to this interview completely unrelated to anything she said move her to a prison not suitable for a sex offender you want the American people to believe that do you think

they're stupid no I think the American people believe the truth, that I'm not in the weeds on the everyday movements of inmates. Oh, you're not in the weeds? What I am doing is protecting this country, providing historic reform, and combating the weaponization of intelligence by the likes of you. And we have countlessly proven you to be a liar in Russiagate, in January 6th.

You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate You're a disgrace to this institution and an utter coward. I'm not surprised I'm not surprised that you continue to lie from your perch and put on a show so you can go raise money For your charade. You are a political buffoon at best. Well, you can take an internet troll and make it to the bank that the FBI is protecting this country and the state and citizens of California. We are seeing historic reform. Historic. But all you care about is a child sex predator that was prosecuted by a prior administration

and the Obama Justice Department and the Biden Justice Department did Squat and what did President Trump do bring new charges courageously and what have we done? FBI director in history 33,000 pages of information to you. I challenge you to say anything credibly to the truth Go ahead and run to the cameras where you want to go now.

Both of you be quiet. Before I go to Senator Tillis, without objection, I want to introduce into the record the Durham Annex. Before I go to Senator Tillis, without objection, I want to introduce into the record the Durham Annex. The Durham Annex is a declassified appendix to John Durham's report about Crossfire Hurricane.