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Puzzled senators question Trump’s FBI chief on nonexistent spending plan

On May 7, during a House Appropriations hearing focused on the FBI's budget, Kash Patel, who serves as the agency's director, and Pennsylvania Congresswoman Madeleine Dean engaged in a contentious debate.
The confrontation arose amid disputes over President Trump's proposed $545 million cut to the FBI budget and Patel's claim of recommending a $500 million increase.
Dean accused Patel of perjury for denying familiarity with Stew Peters, despite eight podcast appearances on Peters' show, whom Dean described as an antisemitic Holocaust denier.
Patel warned that adopting Trump's budget would force cutting 1,300 staff and freezing 1,100 vacancies, while reallocating 1,000 agents to states including Texas, Missouri, and Virginia, gaining 90, 37, and 20 more staffers respectively.
The exchange highlighted deep political tensions around FBI leadership, with Dean calling Patel unfit and accusing him of enabling a politicized FBI, though Patel denied these claims and pledged to uphold the Constitution.

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Puzzled senators question Trump’s FBI chief on nonexistent spending plan • Wisconsin Examiner

Patel wouldn't say when the FBI will send Congress its spending plan for the current fiscal year, which is required by law and past due.

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BACKFIRE: FBI Director Kash Patel Torches Nasty Democrat Congresswoman with a Reply for the Ages After She Accuses Him of Perjury and Mocks His Memory

by Cullen Linebarger, The Gateway Pundit: FBI Director Kash Patel was subject to some of the most mean-spirited and dishonest questioning perhaps in committee history on Wednesday by a Democrat Congresswoman and former Trump impeachment manager. But he not only managed to hold in his temper but also deliver a reply for the ages. As […]

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Puzzled senators question Trump’s FBI chief on nonexistent spending plan • Maine Morning Star

FBI director Kash Patel testifies before a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Photo from U.S. Senate webcast)WASHINGTON — The case of the missing Federal Bureau of Investigation budget request was on full display Thursday, when senators repeatedly asked the law enforcement agency’s director what resources he needed Congress to provide in the upcoming fiscal year. FBI Director Kash Patel did not disclose a dollar a…

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