Patel Tells Senate He Revised FBI Hiring Rule to Protect Trafficking Victims
Patel said the change removed an automatic ban so trafficking victims forced into bestiality would not be excluded from FBI jobs.
- On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel defended revised hiring standards before the Senate Judiciary Committee, insisting that removing automatic disqualifiers for bestiality aims to protect trafficking victims forced into such acts.
- Previously, bureau policy barred applicants who engaged in prostitution or bestiality, but the FBI quietly lifted the categorical hiring ban this past spring to consider context in certain cases.
- Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana questioned the rationale, asking, "Why would you even get into bestiality?" while Patel maintained subordinates proposed the changes to support victims.
- Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois accused Patel of wielding law enforcement powers for political retribution, and in April had called for his replacement over allegations of excessive drinking.
- Patel also faced scrutiny over the firing of Iran experts tied to investigations into President Donald Trump, asserting, "I think what's most important is to not have a weaponized FBI.
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Dems grill Patel on sex with animals, drinking on the job, frat boy goals in off-the-rails hearing: ‘Shut up’
Senate Democrats grilled FBI boss Kash Patel on whether the bureau hires people who had sex with animals, blasted him as a "thug," and accused him of being a drunk during an off-the-rails Judiciary Committee hearing.
FBI chief Kash Patel defends hiring policy changes on prostitution, bestiality at fiery hearing
FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification. The subject arose during…
Senators would like Kash Patel to explain the FBI's new bestiality policy
The bureau removed bestiality as an automatic employment disqualifier, which Patel says was necessary because trafficking victims forced into sexual acts involving animals had been rejected along with perpetrators. Because this happens frequently enough, the FBI needed a policy. While the MAGAs rage on about imagine child trafficking and library book reading crimes against humanity, it appears Kash Patel has quietly identified another: unwillin…
FBI director insists new hiring standards on prostitution and bestiality were only meant to assist sexual assault victims
Tuesday's hearing marked the first time that Patel has publicly addressed the new hiring standards related to prostitution, employment theft and bestiality.
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