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Partisan clash at Judiciary hearing as Democrats allege FBI 'weaponization' and Republicans praise director
Summary
Democratic members accused FBI Director Kash Patel of politicizing the bureau and forcing out career agents; Republicans defended Patel’s operational shifts and credited the bureau with recent arrests and crime reductions.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee used Tuesday’s oversight hearing to press FBI Director Kash Patel on allegations that the bureau has been politicized under his leadership and that career agents have been purged for political reasons. Ranking Member Jamie Raskin sharply criticized Patel’s personnel decisions and accused the director of running “a political enforcement agency” rather than a law‑enforcement organization.
Raskin said the bureau had “systematically purged the FBI of its most experienced and qualified agents” and asserted that personnel moves harmed counterterrorism, counterintelligence and cyber efforts. “You are running the FBI not as a law enforcement agency charged with keeping the American people safe, but as a political…
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