Kash Patel: “This was an initiative that we kicked off over the last 16…”

“Our hope is to make everyone whole and you know, we're working towards that goal. But This was an initiative that we kicked off over the last 16, 17 months here at the FBI. It really hadn't been undertaken before because it wasn't a priority. And to me that made no sense and it didn't to the administration either.” (21:32–21:38)

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