Kash Patel: “I'll do what I've always done and represent the American…”

“Not what you cut out of here. You're asking for more than a billion dollars than the president's request. Are you going to go to the president and straighten out that gulf? I'll do what I've always done and represent the American people, defend this country and make sure the Constitution is always upheld and the FBI is never weaponized. Maybe you should do the same. So you agree with the president when he says he doesn't know if he should uphold his constitutional duty?” (06:07–06:16)

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