Kash Patel: “Most of these statute of limitations are five years old.”

“Well, look, it's a fair criticism, but what I will tell people is we weren't here in the FBI in the last five years when we had statute of limitations that were still in play where we could have investigated criminal conduct. Most of these statute of limitations are five years old. And we will investigate criminal conduct where we find a righteous case to do so, and the law and the facts allow us to. But a lot of it, we're precluded.” (05:34–05:37)

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