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Kash Patel: “My predecessors didn't spend one second modernizing the FBI.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 59:46

Now those hits are instantaneous because we are welcoming in artificial intelligence. The former FBI rejected that notion because they knew that wasn't their focus. Their focus was on weaponization, not modernization. They literally. My predecessors didn't spend one second modernizing the FBI. They kept calling it the premier law enforcement agency in the world. But they failed to give the people in the field the resources that they need. (59:46–59:52)

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Asserts that previous FBI leadership did not focus on modernization.

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