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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