WATCH: Sen. Durbin makes opening statement at Patel confirmation hearing

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee made his opening statement Thursday in the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel to be President Donald Trump’s FBI director.
A loyal Trump supporter, Patel is a former public defender turned Justice Department prosecutor. He served in Trump’s first term as chief of staff to acting defense secretary Christopher Miller. In interviews, he has said he wants to reduce the size of the national intelligence community, and shut down the FBI’s headquarters in Washington. He’s also repeated the false narrative that Trump won the 2020 election.
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