FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Sept. 17, facing lawmakers’ statements and questions for five hours.
Members on both sides of the aisle questioned him on a variety of topics, spanning from crime and immigration, to the National Guard’s anticipated arrival in Memphis, illicit drugs, and agency leaks to the media.
Here are five takeaways.
1. 1,000 Agents From DC Deployed Across US
The FBI director said 1,000 agents from the headquarters in Washington have been permanently deployed across the United States.
This is in accordance with his promise on Sept. 12 to “let good cops be cops.”
“One-third of the FBI workforce resided in the National Capital Region before I got there. One-third of the crimes do not happen in Washington, D.C., not anymore,” Patel told the committee….