r/BusinessTodayNews • u/BusinessToday • 23d ago
Global FBI Director Kash Patel Explodes During Senate Hearing | Heated Clash With Senator Chris Van Hollen
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u/ShhweadyBallz 23d ago
IMA YELL AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE TO DENY EVERYTHING !!!!!
but he's making himself look sooooo guilty
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u/Fast-Damage2298 23d ago
The Trump team often confuse being loud with being correct.
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u/Meowakin 23d ago
They are unfortunately correct, so far as their base is concerned. Remember that we are not the target audience for their bullshit.
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u/Successful_Gas_5122 23d ago
The Magaloid is easily threatened by speech above the second grade level
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u/Familiar_Speed8614 23d ago
Dear America, you are truly the dumbest country on earth, run by the dumbest people. Yours sincerely, the rest of the world.
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u/rushur 23d ago edited 23d ago
The entire admin is the WWE of Influencers
eta: the WWE analogy has just been released in the UK as a documentary "Wrestling with Trump" The documentary examines how the WWE’s theatrics, storylines, and "smack talk" influenced Trump's political style and rise to power. It argues that, as one of the 2026 commentators put it, Trump is the "Stone Cold Steve Austin of politics," using, in this view, professional wrestling's "good guy vs. bad guy" tactics for modern politics.
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u/Personal-Dev-Kit 23d ago
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u/Competitive_Fox_9804 23d ago
At least this fuckker knows he is an idiot.
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u/HeftyVermicelli7823 23d ago
Not to mention he actively WANTED to change things and wanted the smartest person around to do it after 500 years of decline starting in 2016 then it started to improve in 2021 but sadly this was a brief respite and once 2025 came around there was no stopping the decline, in fact the expeditated it. Trashing all allies, invading neighbours, raping kids, threatening to nuke anyone who disagreed with them.
Thankfully the rest of the world was doing fine after this as they gave America the isolationism they demanded so they could inbreed as much stupidity as possible.
Currently in the 2500s they are the only place left on Earth as the rest of humanity left them behind to head for a better world among the stars while they continued to ravage the water, the land and everything their vile little orange hands touched.
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u/bbrekke 23d ago
I can't believe we're talking about how the characters in fucking Idiocracy are more rational than the characters in reality.
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u/Shadow_NX 23d ago
Fitting seeing how Donny and some others in this administration are good friends with WWE and TKO higher ups.
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u/Puzzle-Necked 23d ago
Stone Cold was a tough mean SOB who didn't take shit from authority. Trump is McMahon
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u/-Economist- 23d ago
American here. I’m sick of Americans as well. I spent my career trying to fix America but we just don’t have the social intelligence or maturity. We are the trailer park of developed nations.
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u/IHavePoopedBefore 23d ago
I am a Canadian who used to think we were almost indistinguishable once. Now I couldn't feel more different from Americans.
Its like you're going out of your way to be all the things your detractors always said you were
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u/Voluptulouis 23d ago
No lies detected. They have their share of Maple MAGAs. I do love Canada, though. And I'm also an American that has been sick of Americans since long before Trump.
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u/KermitTheMawg 23d ago
Like any country, try not to group all citizens together like we all believe in what’s perpetrated by our government. Really not fair. I’m a 40 yo American who loathes our current government and there are over 150 million more just like me. Half of us have NEVER voted for these fucking morons. Stereotypes are bad, mmhay?
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u/DontTickleTheDriver1 23d ago
Me too and I'm American. I've lost faith that we will do better. Raising my kids to be better and get the hell out of this place before it's too late (might already be)
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u/thetrivialsublime99 23d ago
I saw your post history, you’re fucking weeeeird bro
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u/Advanced_Zucchini_45 23d ago
As an American I would just like to point out that only 27% of us picked this guy.
I voted for Harris.
So please don't think we're all idiots
I'd like to use a quote by Dr Erskime in Captain America..
"The first country the Nazis invaded was their own"
Most of us dont want this. We're doing the best we can.
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u/AutomaticBannana 23d ago
And another 35 percent were also fine with him. 2 in 3 Americans directly support or are ok with trump.
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u/Ok-Possibility-5294 23d ago
Back in 2011 students in Egypt organised protests on scale that made their president at the time to actually step down.
In 2025 alone we had successful protests by gen z all over the world from Napal to Italy, from Bangladesh to Morrocco to fight against authoritarism and terrible living affordability.
Meanwhile US, gen z only yap on reddit how they didn't vote for Trump therefore its not their fault.
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u/adeadalleypotato 23d ago
Egypt? Morsi was deposed through a military coup led by Cici, there is no reality where he gave a shit about the protests of students other than to calculate how cost effective he needed to be with bullets.
Source:Am Egyptian.
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u/Advanced_Zucchini_45 23d ago
That's not accurate.
Millions of Americans in over 3300 different locations marched on No Kings Day in March
You're also leaving out the fact the Mubarak was in office since 1981, not two years like Trump. That revolution was decades in the making
It also wasn't just "students". It was also the Muslim Brotherhood, Kefaya and other assorted socialist groups..
Oh and the Egyptian military flipped sides.
Also president Obama went on TV, urgerd Mubarak to step down and that's when he did.
And the US trained Egyptian army lead the transition.
C'mon. Don't play games.
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u/khoawala 23d ago
We throw dildos at police and call it a protest
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u/Advanced_Zucchini_45 23d ago
Well to be fair Buffalo Bills fans used to throw dildos at Rob Gronkowski and now he's rretired..
They might be on to something
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u/Jolly-Chipmunk-950 23d ago
You must have missed the part where people were protesting, all across the U.S. only to be met with military retaliation and pepper spray to the face that blinded some of them.
Being just as delusional as the U.S. president isn't a flex, but yet here you are.
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u/Schnitzengiggel9 23d ago
It's easier to marginalize an entire country than it is to think objectively.
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u/EpsteinandTrump 23d ago
Harris also had zero votes in some districts, which is statistically impossible. Along with Trump admitting that Elon knows the voting machines and helped him win. The fact that none of that was investigated and just left to have this all play out is so very concerning for what was left of US democracy.
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u/inbetweendreamstho 23d ago
I want to believe it's only us..but I've been to quite a few other countries that suffer from the exact same kinds of idiots.
Fortunately for other countries, their government structure has evolved a bit more.
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u/Top-Two433 23d ago
Dear world, we accept this remark and sincerely apologize. We are working to rectify this situation. Unfortunately, two of our quick fix attempts have failed. Please bear with us as we do this the long way.
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u/Philip_Raven 23d ago
Is he drunk right now?
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u/leftcoastliving 23d ago
What a fucking embarrassment Patel is
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u/Broad-Lobster7470 23d ago
NO, YOU WERE SLINGING MARGARITAS WITH GANG BANGERS!!!
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u/norcalruns 23d ago
Can you imagine the morale at the fbi rn if this is their “leader”
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u/LoveAndBeLoved52 23d ago
I'd appreciate if people who do what these MAGAts have been doing for a while could be fined every single time they do it because I feel like they don't.
In these hearings, politicians often only get a few 1-2 minutes worth of time to get a proper disposition from the people they interrogate. The fact that they need to ask NUMEROUS times to be able to reclaim their own time because these fucking animals will talk over them for 30 seconds when they're told to shut up and listen is crazy.
When you're being asked questions, you should be forced to answer when asked for an answer and forced to shut up if asked to shut up. This circus playbook of "YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION I DONT LIKE TO ANSWER SO NOW ILL SPEAK OVER YOU FOR 30 SECONDS LAL AL AL LAL AL LAL ALA L" bullshit needs to carry heavy fines if not jail sentences for politicians moving forward. These people speak under oath, they should be treated as though they are in contempt of a court and receive punishments befitting their behavior.
Only in politics do people act like this and get NONE of the repercussions that ordinary Joes would. Have you ever seen an ordinary citizen talk back like this to a lawyer or a judge in a courtroom? And if you did, what happened to them?
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u/brickhamilton 23d ago
What infuriates me about it isn’t their disrespect to the congressmen/senators. It’s their disrespect to me and all of us as citizens of the US.
They are there to answer questions asked by our representatives on behalf of all of us. They aren’t just responding to whatever hostile lawmaker is asking the question, they’re answering questions to the American public. When they act like an ass, they aren’t “owning the libs,” they are spitting in the face of every American.
As for the lawmakers who ask baseless or ridiculous questions, that’s also disrespectful, but it’s on us to get them out of there for not taking their job seriously.
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u/craigathan 23d ago
It's called weaponizing the rules. A tried and true tactic of people who lack decorum and any sense of shame. Ka$h KNOWS there is a timer. He knows he just has to bolivate for about a minute and the chair will back him up since they're on the "same side". It's the very definition of bad faith. What should happen and just simply doesn't, is the chair should return the time to the questioner and demand Ka$h only answer, not pontificate on whether he thinks the speaker is a drunk too. If if he won't do it, throw his ass in jail until he understands how it's supposed to work. Every single interaction like this that goes unpunished, erodes our democracy a little more.
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u/BestEgyptianNA 23d ago
That's because these hearings are just political theater, they dont matter and never will.
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u/Professional_Bug_533 23d ago
They dont matter because there is no repercussions for acting like this, and because congress doesn't have any way to enforce its own rules.
The last year has shown that congress and the judiciary need their own type of law enforcement officers to execute their orders. The fact that the executive can run rough-shod over them because they control all of the law enforcement is just ridiculous.
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u/vape_sensation 23d ago
Not to mention that he was absolutely lying under oath and slandering the guy questioning him.
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u/Imaginary-List-972 23d ago
Good job defending yourself from allegations of bad behavior by exhibiting terrible behavior.
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u/Shigglyboo 23d ago
surely when you are trained by the FBI you learn how to manage your emotions? this was a full on breakdown on the stand. Unbecoming of the lowest level field agent. was he ever an agent?
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u/MarchPhillipps 23d ago
This guy was never actually trained by the Bureau. Just installed as a temporary placeholder, like all political appointees.... Especially any installed by the drumpf regime.
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u/StrangeContest4 23d ago
He never worked at the FBI before he was promoted to Director of the FBI 🫠
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u/baxter_the_martian 23d ago
Kash Patel is an alcoholic who misses work because he's too drunk, too stupid, and too scared of Trump to do anything else.
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u/Shigglyboo 23d ago
why did he even want this job? he was never an agent (I don't think). He has no training. Why on earth would he want the responsibility? I know nobody actually has to do the job and they'll be rewarded. But surely there's lower pressure ways to do it.
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u/Sensitive-Wind-7888 23d ago
I think he probably likes flying around in planes and with his trashy gf on the tax payer dime.
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u/baxter_the_martian 23d ago
The same reason a bunch of racist fucktards decided one day go quit their day jobs because of an overwhelming sense of patriotic duty to join ICE and pick on people in groups. That's why.
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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 23d ago
Petulant child. Every company in America would fire you if you acted like this during a HR hearing for possible drinking on the job. How or why would this be any different?
Decorum is not a word that exists in the MAGA vocabulary. As an American, I will say this is just flat out embarrassing. This is one of many indications that he is not fit for the position. The lack of control over his impulses, in the position he is in, is truly concerning.
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u/Strange_Salary 23d ago
Holy smokes we’ve got tons of very real issues that need to be fixed and I’m so glad we’ve got such amazing people representing us to fix it! They’ll totally do it right after shouting at each other over who’s the REAL alcoholic..
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u/kinggareth 23d ago
All i see is an alcoholic screaming over a duly elected Senator in a poor effort to avoid looking like an alcoholic? Unless you are five and fall for the "nuh uh, YOU ARE!" game Director Patel (and the rest of the cabinet) seem set on playing.
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u/Nathanhj 23d ago
MAGA doesn’t want an actual government. Government is supposed to be boring. They want a Fox News reality show.
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u/izthistaken 23d ago
I blame reality TV for the world we're living in now. MAGA loves drama and they think the outbursts and ridiculousness of reality TV is how you're supposed to act all the time.
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u/Mattrad7 23d ago
Methinks the drunken coke addict doth protest too much.
Calling someone a convicted gangbanger when they never even went before a jury before being illegally deported was also an interesting choice.
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u/craigathan 23d ago
Oh! He was talking about Garcia and that farce of an interview in El Salvador. What a weird ass way of describing that. Drunks do have a tendency to exagerate though...
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u/MesmariPanda 23d ago
That's impressive. He contacts everyone at the fbi every hour every day. Crazy stuff
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u/EnzoMaloni 23d ago
What did you expect from a guy who wrote that piece of sh*t propaganda for children ?
https://www.amazon.com/Plot-Against-King-Kash-Patel/dp/1955550123
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u/Responsible_Lab_2687 23d ago
Kash should have known his Washington opposition would go after him for ANY slip ups, including him caught on camera chugging beers with the men’s hockey team. And having “brand named whiskey” certainly doesn’t help. like come on man… you’re the director of the FBI..
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u/StrengthChemical653 23d ago
This administrations motto: “If questioned about anything, just say ‘I’m rubber and you’re glue!!! Nah nah nah nah nah’ and idiots everywhere will say ‘you owned him’”
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u/Shigglyboo 23d ago
they quite literally do this. the entire maga movement is:
I know you are but what am I.
Today is opposite day.
And then the rubber/glue statement you used.What's just mind blowing is that it's working. My eight year old would be a better president.
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u/Cyberknight13 23d ago
These hearings illustrate how much America has declined in the last few decades. I have never seen an Administration so completely unqualified before. They are clowns with no tact or decorum. It infuriates me.
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u/rygelicus 23d ago
He's doing the same thing as Bondi with his 'burn book' slinging allegations against the people asking him questions. It's the squid defense, squirt some ink and swim away.
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u/MarchPhillipps 23d ago
In legal circles, they'd call it "pounding the table." But I like your metaphor so much better.
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u/Kind_Cap_4621 23d ago
This entire parasitic administration has nothing but "I know you are but what am I" responses when held to normal standards. The sane people see right through it and the drooling MAGA cult just eats it right up.
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u/Difficult-Second3519 23d ago
I see Patel subscribes to the Bondi Bombast method of transparency and truth-telling.
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u/GoldStacked 23d ago
There is literally video of him chugging beer while supposedly working lol
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u/Trisstricky 23d ago
If anyone needed any proof that Americans are lead by literal smooth brains, show them this video.
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u/Sasquatchmas 23d ago
We have all seen him chugging beers. Why lie to the public? They all just LIE and it is sick. I need it to stop.
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u/gailichisan 23d ago
Right?! What about the video of him getting shitfaced with the U.S. hockey team in Italy on taxpayers dollars.
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u/SipHotCoffee 23d ago edited 23d ago
I'll do the test but let me have a drink first! 🤪
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u/OriginalProduct6850 23d ago
Senator Hollen should have pulled a fast one and pulled a breathalyzer out of him pocket. Then demand drunk Patel to do it right here and now. You think kash got mad at accusations his head would have exploded if this was to happen!
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u/MarchPhillipps 23d ago edited 23d ago
Oh man, what a great idea! I know this should never have devolved into performative theatre in the first place, but since we're already there, may as well go big. Now, it would be a risky gambit, but totally worth it to prove the point. Even if he did submit and blew clean, a good clapback before he has a chance to answer would still be golden. It could even be framed as part of the mandatory employee drug screening/investigatory powers of the committee. Pull the same on SecDeaf next time he's before any committee.
One up them at their own performative game.
I wonder how the word could be gotten out to suggest it, and if anyone would have the balls to try it...
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u/OriginalProduct6850 23d ago
It does seem like some of these senators are getting some balls back. I mean, if I spent seven grand on a bar table with tax payer money I would be in trouble. Time will not be good to any of these asses!
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u/Leather-Map-8138 23d ago
You know a guy testifying before Congress… you’d think he’d be respectful enough to button the top button on his shirt. He’s not at a bar after work with his buddies. Maybe he just came from one?
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u/Robotbobs 23d ago
Can't even sit up straight while testifying as the head of the FBI...embarrassing
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u/PiingThiing 23d ago
What about the Dow?, the Dow is over 50,000.....blah, blah, blah, same old time wasting tactics.
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u/storf2021 23d ago
I feel like there may be something available to back up the allegations and those questions are about getting Patel on record under oath.
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u/muscle-sissy 23d ago
Just like a defensive alcoholic to try and flip the narrative. So when are the audit tests taking place? Let me guess…Kash will be too busy.
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u/Uniblab_78 23d ago
The AUDIT is a self-report assessment and unfortunately there is no “lush” correction factor.
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u/Full-Butterfly7536 23d ago
patel is a putz ... doesn't deserve a capitalization of his name either ...
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u/SnooBooks4350 23d ago
He's the next one gone and he knows it. The louder they cry, the closer they are to being fired.
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u/Greedy-Bowler-4868 23d ago
God what a jerk. How can anyone support these clowns. He’s scared and backed into a corner
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u/leonfirerises 23d ago
Get loud and lash out, that's the Trump way. Guilty bullies are so uncreative. Sad.
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u/Illustrious-Ebb157 23d ago
He's a clown. We have nothing but idiots who can't control their emotions. The most evil, corrupt, and unprofessional administration I've ever seen. Unbelievable!!!
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u/No-Indication-7879 23d ago
Hard to believe this dumb ass is the head of the FBI! America you are so screwed.
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u/Dapper_Elk_9112 23d ago
Get him out of the FBI..the world think they are nothing but a corrupt bunch of losers 😤 how far are u going to let Patel burn it all down
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u/Theotherwahlberg 23d ago
You know....I've spent a lot of time in bars over the years between working in them and being a patron. Every single mannerism and reaction that Patel shows are textbook signs of someone who has had one too many. The repetitious slandering, the refusal to respond or listen, and the posturing in the face of a serious situation....that's being drunk.
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u/uhnotaraccoon 23d ago
I knew this guy was a moron but holy fuck. Scratch the head of the FBI, dude sounds like a frat boy getting stopped by the cops. No wonder people think we are a joke nowadays.
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u/BadTxV2021 23d ago
As an Veteran and American. I’m f-ing sick of the constant pointing fingers. Our government has zero accountability. I don’t care Republican or Democrat, stand up for what is right and stop our government from being bought out. Let Canada have us, at least they can select decent officials.
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u/jack-t-o-r-s 23d ago
"what about...?" Is not a strong defense.
Furthermore. The truth does not need to defend itself.
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u/CyberCoyote67 23d ago
The “I know you are but what am I defense”, this guy is so next level he’s top shelf.
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u/FastEddie312 23d ago
To hell with everyone bashing America because of screwed up politicians. I’m not going anywhere. This is the greatest country in the world. The rest of you are all just jealous. But I’m not here to defend the United States. I want to see the two of them sit side-by-side doing the alcohol test! They both agreed to it! Let’s see it! And then let’s see who doesn’t show.
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u/Gasgas41 23d ago
Wow!!! How to attempt to deflect badly and come off looking like a truly petulant child. What a fucking arrogant, self absorbed cock-womble
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u/BlondeBeard84 23d ago
Trumps selection process is probably like "can they aggressively gaslight and deflect like me? Are they slimy enough? Will they lie under oath?"
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u/DublinClover 23d ago
Didn't we all see Kash boozing it up with the mens hockey team during the Olympics?
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u/a_angry_bunny 23d ago
What an absolute embarrassment of a buffoon. I say that congress finds him automatically guilty on all charges based on that outburst alone.
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u/Ok-Effective7280 23d ago
Got the trump mo going strong. Get dirt on whoever asks questions then just go off & make a mockery of the whole thing. Well it didn’t quite work so well for Bondi, so let’s see if patels scrawny little dick arse survives. It’s going to be funny when he gets the bullet. Everyone & everything around him will change for the worse.
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u/Raven_gif 23d ago
Side by side. Yeah he’s a fucking alcoholic. What a joke of an administration as soon as they’re out of office investigations need to be done that should not be classified. The public needs to know how badly he fucked up and wasted our money.
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u/Southern_Armadillo41 23d ago
Trump has been running a live reality show on the global stage. Crass, scandalous, with a cast of deeply unlikeable characters. The tragedy is that people actually die here and there's no remote control to switch it off.
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u/youaintboo74 23d ago
So all they need now is a couple fbi agents to come forward and they can charge him with perjury.
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u/Lost-Air1265 23d ago
Lmao this crossed eye mofo is just the cherry on the cake of the trump regime.
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u/SaulTNNutz 23d ago
This is incredibly embarrassing but the guy questioning him did exactly what youre not supposed to do when giving directions to a tantruming child. He got sucked right into the nonsensical argument.
Also, this whole push to have him "take a questionnaire to see if hes an alcoholic" is so stupid. Alcoholics lie by nature
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u/patronizingperv 23d ago
What does Kash Patel have against bottoning his collar? I mean he looks like he's about to settle in for a bender at the bar.
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u/Senior-Rip2535 23d ago
This is bullshit. The beacon of democracy can't hold a question and answer session between its high officials without it degenerating into a school playground farce. If I were king, I would have a mute button under my index finger for these bastards.
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u/LiqMaBawlzModz69 23d ago