Dem Senator Tries To Force Feed Testimony To Kash Patel. It Doesn’t Work, So She Testifies Instead.

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) did her best to force feed her pre-selected narrative into FBI Director Kash Patel’s mouth during a Thursday hearing — but when Patel immediately called her out, refusing to take the bait, Murray substituted her own testimony for his.

Murray began by questioning Patel about whether or not he was “weaponizing” the FBI, prompting him to lay out a series of the bureau’s more recent cases as evidence that the men and women of the FBI were doing their jobs and doing them well.

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???? Kash Patel just WRECKED Patty Murray

KASH: “I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it.”

“If you wanna talk about someone who was attacked by a weaponized bureau, you’re looking at him. And now he’s the Director of the FBI”… pic.twitter.com/YX031HzTIF

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“That’s not my question,” Murray interrupted. “We know that —”

“Well, you asked if I was weaponizing the FBI and I am not,” Patel pushed back. “I’m giving you the hard concrete examples of the men and women putting handcuffs on bad people doing harm to our children and innocent Americans. I do not see weaponization.”

“But you have placed on leave FBI employees responsible for the investigation of January 6th,” Murray asserted. “That sounds political to me.”

“I have not placed anyone on leave who has not violated their ethical obligation or their oath to the Constitution,” Patel replied.

“So … if they were investigating January 6th, you believe they were violating an ethic — obligation —” Murray tried again.

“No,” Patel said. “I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it, nor will the men and women of the FBI.”

Murray pressed onward: “Well, you did place on leave an analyst responsible for investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Is that politicization? Is that retribution?”

“No. Not if she broke the law or the ethical guidelines,” Patel shot back. “I don’t know which case you’re talking about, but that’s the standard, and we will hold ourselves inwardly accountable and we will not be strayed from our mission because people think we are ‘politicizing’ the bureau.”

“If you want to talk about someone who was attacked by a weaponized bureau, you’re looking at him. And now he’s the Director of the FBI and he’s cleaning it up,” Patel continued.

Murray, upon realizing that she was not going to be able to get Patel to say what she wanted him to, shifted gears then and testified herself.

“I would just say to everyone who’s listening that the FBI needs to be focused on its mission to keep the entire country safe,” she said, giving no evidence that the bureau, under Patel, was not doing exactly that. “It should not be weaponized for partisan political gain. Thank you.”