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Kash Patel’s notes for Senate grilling revealed as he spars with top Dem over FBI leadership: ‘DURBIN INFO’
PoliticsSenate oversight hearing
Kash Patel, FBI Director, came prepared with notes for a Senate oversight hearing, including a page titled 'DURBIN INFO' with bullet points aimed at Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).
The notes included information about Durbin's wealth, stating it has increased 364% since 1997, and also mentioned his wife, Loretta Schaefer Durbin.
- Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) — several about the congressman’s wife, Loretta Schaefer Durbin.
- AFP via Getty Images FBI Director Kash Patel holds his notes with talking points against the ranking member of the committee, Dick Durbin, before testifying at an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
- REUTERS “Wife has lobbying conflicts,” another line reads.
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- The notes included a page titled 'DURBIN INFO'
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- Right: Patel came ready with several bullet points’ worth of jabs to make at Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) during an oversight hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
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- Potential further questioning of Durbin and Patel
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The hearing and notes may impact the public's perception of the FBI and its leadership
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