VIDEO: Patel CLASHES With Durbin Over Polygraph Tests|Durbin DEMANDS Answers In Heated Hearing

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Senator Dick Durbin clashed with FBI Director Patel over reports that the Bureau used polygraph tests to question employee loyalty and alleged criticism of Patel. Durbin insisted that FBI agents owe allegiance to the Constitution, not any individual leader. Patel rejected the claims as false but defended the use of lie detectors to prevent leaks and unauthorized disclosures. The heated exchange raised new concerns about internal oversight, employee rights, and the FBI’s handling of loyalty and accountability within the agency.    #DurbinVsPatel #FBIControversy #FBI #Patel #DickDurbin #PolygraphTests #LoyaltyTest #FBIEmployees #FBIAccountability #FBILeaks #FBILeadership #USPolitics #CapitolHill #FBIIntegrity #CongressionalHearing #Durbin #FBIQuestions #FBIWatch #BreakingNews #FBIReport #FBIProbe #PoliticalClash #WashingtonDC #FBIUpdates #SenateHearing #FBILoyalty #DurbinClash #FBIHotSeat #PatelFBI #DurbinQuestions #USSenate  Also Read  Is Kash Patel Set To Be Ousted As FBI Director After Charlie Kirk Assassination Lapse? :: https://www.oneindia.com/international/fbi-director-kash-patel-faces-scrutiny-killing-charlie-kirk-011-7860475.html?ref=DMDesc  FBI Investigates Possible LGBTQ Connection In Charlie Kirk's Murder Case :: https://www.oneindia.com/international/fbi-investigates-possible-lgbtq-connection-in-charlie-kirks-murder-case-011-7859987.html?ref=DMDesc  FBI Arrests Cindy Singh, Fugitive From 'Most Wanted' List, In India :: https://www.oneindia.com/international/fbi-arrests-cindy-singh-fugitive-from-most-wanted-list-in-india-7836099.html?ref=DMDesc    ~HT.410~ED.194~GR.124~

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00:00Did you or Attorney General Bondi provide any individual with a waiver so they can remain

00:04employed after they receive disqualifying alerts on their polygraphs? I'll have to get back to you.

00:10You don't remember that? No, sir. My priority is protecting the American public, not getting into

00:15the weeds of polygraphs. And to have a decent memory when you come before a committee. I'm happy

00:19to talk about all the good work the men and women in the FBI are doing, including provided the lowest

00:23crime rate in American history. You take credit for that? I'll happily do that. The interagency

00:27partners and the men and women in the Chicago PD have never been more powerful. Include local

00:32law enforcement, please. Have you ever seen my testimony across this country where I always

00:36lead with our interagency partnerships with state and local law enforcement? It is the pillar of what

00:41I am doing. Why was this July 7th memorandum unsigned? Would you prefer I've used auto pen?

00:47Can you answer the question, sir? I'm answering the question. You're questioning the integrity of

00:52the deputy director of the FBI and mine. And I'm going to answer the question. The pipe bomb

00:56investigation is ongoing. And I'm not going to discuss the details of the pipe bomb

01:01investigation. Thank you very much. Senator Durbin. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Director Patel,

01:06in addition to the extensive purge of nonpartisan career FBI official reports, reports indicate that

01:13dozens of remaining officials have been suggested, have been subjected to polygraph exams to test their

01:20loyalty. My understanding is approximately 40 officials have been asked to sit for a polygraph during

01:25your administration. And several have been asked whether they have ever made negative comments

01:31about you. Director Patel, FBI agents pledge their loyalty to the Constitution in the United States,

01:37not you personally. What is the basis for requiring polygraph exams of your workforce and asking them

01:44if they've made negative comments about you? I don't know what reports you're referring to,

01:50ranking member. And I reject any reporting that has false information in it. So I'm not going to

01:55respond to that. As far as polygraphs go, generally, they're always and always have been utilized at the

02:01FBI to track down those that leak sensitive information and have unauthorized disclosures to

02:06the media. And we will continue to use them to ensure the integrity of the FBI. Did any individual on your

02:11senior executive team, the director's advisory team, or who serve in the positions on the seventh floor

02:17receive disqualifying alerts on their polygraphs? Senator, I'm not going to get into the personnel

02:24discussions that were had on a polygraph. Those are private discussions, and many of them relate to

02:28ongoing investigations. Did you or Attorney General Bondi provide any individual with a waiver so they can

02:35remain employed after they receive disqualifying alerts on their polygraphs? I'll have to get back to

02:40you. You don't remember that? No, sir. My priority is protecting the American public,

02:45not getting into the weeds of polygraphs. And to have a decent memory when you come before a

02:49committee. I'm happy to talk about all the good work the men and women of the FBI are doing,

02:53including providing the lowest crime rate in American history. If you want to talk about how

02:56to protect the citizens, Chicago has seen a 30% reduction in its murder rate because of the men and

03:01women of the FBI. You take credit for that? I'll happily do that. The interagency partners and the men and

03:05women of the Chicago PD have never been more powerful. Include local law enforcement, please.

03:09Have you ever seen my testimony across this country where I always lead with our interagency

03:15partnerships with state and local law enforcement? It is the pillar of what I am doing. And on the

03:19seventh floor, for the first time in FBI history, I have installed police officers and sheriffs right on

03:24my seventh floor to report to us every day what's going around the country on the street level because

03:29that is a priority of the FBI and is the only way we are going to work. I don't take credit for the

03:34anything, but I will defend the men and women of the FBI and the cops that help us get it done.

03:39You should. Director Patel, to your knowledge, did a whistleblower ever make a disclosure to Attorney

03:44General Bondi indicating that the New York field office was withholding Epstein-related records?

03:50I'm not familiar with that whistleblower.

03:53There, there, you know that there was such a whistleblower?

03:56I'm not familiar with that whistleblower.

03:58In response to the blowback she received, Attorney General Bondi also pushed the FBI to review

04:03approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records on an arbitrarily short deadline in March,

04:10and the FBI was directed to flag any documents that mentioned President Trump.

04:15Nothing came of that review until July when DOJ and FBI released an unsigned memorandum stating there

04:22is no incriminating client list. Why was this July 7th memorandum unsigned?

04:28Would you prefer I've used Autopen?

04:31Did you? Well, why was it unsigned?

04:33The memorandum had the insignia of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

04:37and in our effort to secure transparency for the American people, because the three prior administrations

04:42had not done so, we conducted an exhaustive search of everything related to the Epstein cases,

04:47and we produced what was legally and permissibly able to be produced to Congress and the American public.

04:52And there's a congressional subpoena, and we're continuing to do so.

04:55Did you personally direct that investigation so that you would sign such an order?

04:59Did I personally direct what investigation?

05:01Of the Epstein records for any reference to President Trump?

05:06Again, you are citing reporting that I think is baseless.

05:10We conducted an investigation of the Epstein case files pursuant to the direction of the

05:15President of the Administration to provide all credible information, and we are working

05:18with Congress pursuant to a congressional subpoena to turn over all the documents we can.

05:23All individuals.

05:24Who at DOJ and FBI was responsible for its drafting and conclusions?

05:29Many individuals at the Department of Justice and the FBI are responsible.

05:32There was no lead? No lead person?

05:34The Attorney General leads the Department of Justice, and I lead the FBI.

05:37So the Attorney General is responsible for that?

05:40The Attorney General leads the Department of Justice.

05:45Director Patel, much like you, Deputy Director Don Bongino was a conspiracy theorist

05:51who built a lucrative career making inflammatory and unsubstantiated statements about the FBI

05:57that would be disqualifying in any administration that cared about nonpartisan law enforcement.

06:03For instance, Mr. Bongino called the placement of pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC headquarters

06:09on January 6th, quote, an inside job, and went on to say, this was a setup.

06:15I have zero doubt, and whoever goes into the FBI, you better get an answer about why.

06:20Director Patel, you and Deputy Director Bongino are now leading the FBI.

06:24What is the evidence to suggest the pipe bombs placed outside of the DNC and RNC on January 6th

06:30were an inside job?

06:31I appreciate the opportunity to discuss Director Bongino's mind record.

06:37So many on this committee and the media jettison our 31 years of public service.

06:41Can you answer the question, sir?

06:42I'm answering the question.

06:44You're questioning the integrity of the Deputy Director of the FBI and mind.

06:47I'm asking you if you found any evidence.

06:48And I'm going to answer the question.

06:50The pipe bomb investigation is ongoing, and I'm not going to discuss the details of the pipe bomb investigation.

06:55Mr. Bongino was a Secret Service agent for 15 years, a police officer for five.

07:00I served this country in multiple administrations for 16 years.

07:03We were also private citizens, and we are now back in government service.

07:06And what we have the ability to do is set aside our personal beliefs to deliver the mission of justice for this country.

07:12And we're doing it day in and day out.

07:14And I find it disgusting that everyone and anyone would jettison our 31 years of combined experience

07:19that is now at the helm of the FBI delivering historic results at historic speeds for the American people.

07:24So you have no evidence?

07:28I got a lot of evidence, and I'll give it to you when I can.

07:31Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

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