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Kash Patel: “Under the Biden Harris administration, we saw the FBI…”

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 1:45:26

But I am very pleased and thankful for your confirmation, as I believe you are. One of the best things that has happened to the FBI in at least the last decade, maybe two decades. Under the Biden Harris administration, we saw the FBI weaponized against conservative ideologies and more specifically, targeted former President Biden's chief political rival, now President Donald Trump. Since President Trump first announced his candidacy in 2016, corrupt actors within the FBI unfairly targeted him, beginning with illegal surveillance of his campaign and administration based on a now … (1:45:26–1:45:34)

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Asserts that the FBI was weaponized against conservative ideologies and targeted Donald Trump under the Biden-Harris administration.

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