Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, vowed to take down child trafficking networks during his confirmation hearing Thursday.
“I know that breaking up these trafficking rings is important to President Trump,” said Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). “So will you work with me on this issue? So we know who worked with Jeffrey Epstein in building these sex trafficking rings?”
🚨MASSIVE BREAKING: Kash Patel vows to DESTROY child sex trafficking networks and pursue Jeffrey Epstein's Client List:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 30, 2025
“The American public will know what happened in the past and how we are going to counterman missing and exploited children.”
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“Absolutely, senator,” Patel replied. “Child sex trafficking has no place in the United States of America, and I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened in the past, and how we are going to [counteract] missing children and exploited children going forward.”
During his opening statement, the former chief of staff to Trump’s Acting Defense Secretary said he’d faithfully execute his duties to the Constitution and the American people.
“Protecting the rights of the Constitution is of the utmost importance to me, and has been every single time I’ve taken that oath of office,” Patel said. “The recent terrorist attacks in New Orleans tragically claimed the lives of 14 Americans, and serve as a stark reminder that our national security is at threat, both internally and externally. The FBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice, where I served, play a pivotal role in securing our freedoms and our safeties for American citizens.”
🚨NEW: Kash Patel's full Opening Statement at his Confirmation Hearing pic.twitter.com/LivswsTgfT
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) January 30, 2025
“If confirmed as the next FBI director, I will remain focused on the FBI’s core mission. That is to investigate fully wherever there is a constitutional factual basis to do so, and to never make a prosecutorial decision that is solely the providence of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General.”
Kash added he’s uniquely qualified to serve as FBI director due to the severity of how the agency went after him.
“Having been the victim of government overreach and a weaponized system of justice and law enforcement, I know what it feels like to have the full weight of the United States government barreling down on you,” he said.
🚨BREAKING: Kash Patel is ROASTING the democrats for wrongfully weaponizing the FBI and DOJ against everyone who disagreed with them politically. pic.twitter.com/eDswl2ieXn
— Philip Anderson (@VoteHarrisOut) January 30, 2025
Patel defended himself from hostile senators amid Thursday’s contentious hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he clarified his record amid tense questioning.
Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) freaked out over supposed Patel remarks saying he believed the FBI should be shut down.
🚨Kash Patel sends Sen. Klobochar into hissing meltdown with single PERFECT response:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 30, 2025
"If the best attacks on me are going to be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility of the men and women at the FBI" pic.twitter.com/oexHKvEdlR
Patel fumed at Democrats’ false accusations and mischaracterizations.
“Any accusations leveled against me, that I would somehow put political bias before the Constitution, are grotesquely unfair!!” he shot back. “I have been endorsed by over 300,000 law enforcement officers to become the next Director of the FBI, let’s ask them!!”
🚨 Kash Patel just LEVELED the Democrats who are continuously defaming him in this hearing
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 30, 2025
"If the best attacks on me are going to be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility of the men and women at the… pic.twitter.com/3qNuoJzaU1
Patel also blasted Klobuchar for attempting to slander him with out-of-context snippets.
Kash Patel to Amy Klobuchar: "You have two minutes" 🤣pic.twitter.com/gvyYubuEDK
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025
Patel went on to say he’d de-weaponize and de-politicize the bureau and make it solely accountable to the Constitution.
Kash Patel with a mic drop moment responding to Democrat Sen. Whitehouse:
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 30, 2025
"The only thing that will matter if confirmed is a deweaponized, depoliticized system of law enforcement, completely devoted to rigorous obedience to the Constitution and a singular standard of justice." pic.twitter.com/oqjFEyqvi6
Patel also defended his past desire to investigate the FBI for embedded J6 informants amid questioning from Democrat Dick Durbin (Ill.).
Kash Patel just lectured Ranking Democrat Durbin on how the FBI infiltrated January 6th.
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025
Patel: "Well, let me inform you, then."
Durbin: "Resources were utilized a year in advance in planning J6?"
Patel: "The Biden inspector general report answered that question in the… pic.twitter.com/Ak9MdYbCwQ
He later had to defend himself from Durbin’s racist accusations.
🚨 Kash Patel just dropped the HAMMER on Dick Durbin after the Senator insinuated he's a racist
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 30, 2025
🔥🔥🔥
"I certainly don’t believe that an individual who is the the first minority to serve as the Deputy Director of National Security is a racist and detest any conjecture to the… pic.twitter.com/kosUY2umLR
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) also went into a hysterical fit mentioning J6, as he urged Patel to look at Capitol Police officers in the room.
Adam Schiff tried to get Kash Patel to play his stupid little game, but Kash didn't budge, "Take a look at them right now. Turn around."
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025
Kash: "I'm looking at you. You're talking to me."
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He later torched Schiff:
LORD HELP US!!! Adam Schiff cannot be a real person.
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025
Schiff: "So when you said 'we,' you didn't really mean 'you'?"
Kash Patel: "Not unless you have a new definition for the word 'we'?" 🔥😂
How is this guy still part of our government? Californians ought to be ashamed. pic.twitter.com/IZHwrwi69J
Here’s more of Schiff’s outburst:
Watch Adam Schiff get owned by Kash Patel.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 30, 2025
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During a question whether he believed FBI gun background checks were constitutional, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) attempted to condescend to Patel, who refused to answer the way the senator requested and answered he’d obey the Constitution and the Supreme Court.
Senator Alex Padilla attempts to condescendingly mock Kash Patel but utterly fails
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025
Padilla: "So the word would be yes, Y-E-S. Can you say yes?"
Patel: "I can say whatever the Constitution and the Supreme Court ruled is the rule of the land." pic.twitter.com/8FB0pJRnjn
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) went off the rails as he tried to claim Patel would politically target agents for firing.
Blumenthal completely ignores Kash Patel's answers and yaps about him "failing."
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) January 30, 2025
There is no point to these hearings other than political theater.
They should just hold a vote and confirm Kash now.pic.twitter.com/XJ2dClBrNv
During the hearing, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) revealed he had a Kash bingo card he was marking down every time a Democrat lied.
HILARIOUS! Senator Thom Tillis created a bingo card of all the lies Democrats will bring up about Kash Patel.
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025
"I've already X'ed out four boxes in the opening statements alone." 😂 pic.twitter.com/FinPaQAdiI
Kash described mobilizing resources and organizing the National Guard for Jan. 6 amid questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), saying top Democrats all refused 20K National Guard troops days before the Capitol riot.
Massive J6 Bombshell: Kash Patel Just Told The World That Democrats Pelosi, Schumer and DC Mayor Bowser All Refused 20K National Guard Troops Mobilized By Trump Days Before The Capitol Riot
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 30, 2025
Breaking News and Reports Are Here:https://t.co/hbtaSvJMVC pic.twitter.com/sNxAOHuKOI
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told Patel numerous “conspiracy theories” Democrats claimed he once espoused have actually turned out to be true years later, adding new ones will have to be made to replace the old ones that came true.
Senator Kennedy to Kash Patel: We need more conspiracy theories—because all the old ones turned out to be true! 🔥
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025
“Conspiracy theorists are up 37 to nothing!” 😂 pic.twitter.com/ybbD2LPFca
Democrats’ desperation was also palpable as they criticized Patel over the memes he’d posted:
Watch the full hearing:
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