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Kash Patel: “It's approximately 35,000 [employees currently work for the…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel

Published | Video Starts at 1:14:31

Yeah, very Quickly, just In the last three years, the FBI has, through budget cuts and CRS left vacant … It's approximately 35,000 [employees currently work for the FBI]. … cuts have led to book attrition. And in order to get some of those back and some of those vacant slots back, we need to actually fund them. (1:14:31–1:14:36)

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