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Kash Patel: “The proposed budget that I put forward is to cover us for…”

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 51:11

… order to reach the mandate that you are bringing forward to us in terms of your budget? That's exactly what I'm saying. That's the proposed budget. Not by the FBI. The proposed budget that I put forward is to cover us for $11.1 billion, which would not have us cut any positions. The proposed budget. So the skinny budget is. Is, is. We. We don't. We don't have. The skinny budget is wrong. (51:11–51:21)

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Asserts that a proposed budget of 11.1 billion dollars would prevent any position cuts at the FBI.

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