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Kash Patel: “The FBI does not make prosecutorial decisions.”

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

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Sunday Night in America: Trey Gowdy Interviews New FBI Director Kash Patel

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

And we have a courageous leader in Attorney General Pam Bondi and her team over there. And we have to remind the folks in the American public that the FBI reports to the Department of Justice. And The FBI does not make prosecutorial decisions. We investigate based on lawful predications, anywhere the facts lead us. And we work with our partners at doj. (02:55–02:59)

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Asserts that the FBI's role is investigative, not prosecutorial.

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