Kash Patel: “There are 38,000 employees at the FBI.”

“Well, Trey, you know, this is my first media appearance since taking the job, and I'm glad that it's on your wonderful show. And what I want to do is highlight for the American public that there's There are 38,000 employees at the FBI. If you take the national capital region, as the folks around Washington, D.C. call it, the 50 mile radius around Washington, D.C. we have 11,000 employees for the FBI in that 50 mile radius, give or take.” (03:45–03:52)

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