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Kash Patel: “The simple law enforcement purpose is to show America that…”

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

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Senate Hearing with Kash Patel on DOJ Guidelines and FBI Conduct

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So it appears that what you did was a violation of that policy unless you can express a clear law enforcement purpose for having done that. The simple law enforcement purpose is to show America that we investigate and any individual who commits a crime, especially those in positions of public trust. But do you agree with the presumption of innocence in the US System? Absolutely. As a public defender, that's what I fought for for years. But that's different than. (02:10–02:21)

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Asserts that the release of Judge Dugan's photograph served a law enforcement purpose to demonstrate accountability.

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