The Chairman of the Judicial Committee of the Democratic Council of Democrat Donald TrumpThe FBI director, Cash Patel, who describes the effort on Tuesday night as a “delay tactic” designed to see Patel from taking the reins of the sprawling law enforcement agency.
In a message on Tuesday night, Grassley criticized what he described An “baseless” attempt by Senator Dick Dorbin And other Democrats in the committee to pressure for a second hearing, noting that Patel witnessed for more than five hours before the committee and the disclosure of the “Thousands of Pages” committee of records, in addition to nearly 150 pages of responses to the written legislators.
“Nobody was convinced of the unimportant minority efforts for the abuse and mission of Cash Patel,” said Grassley. “In addition to this, it is to emphasize that the candidate must come before the Senate to respond to the governmental measures that have occurred Before y to you Their time in the agency. ”
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Senator Chuck Grassley, R-LOWA, appears in the American Capitol Building after the Senate lunch on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Grassley concluded that “other sessions about his candidacy are unnecessary.”
He said that the committee still intends to vote on Patel's assertion as director of the FBI early next week.
Grasli's statements – and his unpopular support to Trump's FBI director – comes after the classification of the Judicial Committee of the Democratic Senate, Dick Dorbin from Illinois, Grasley urged To delay the Patel confirmation on Tuesday, quoting what he described as “phenomenon lies” in Patel certificate last week, as well as “the recent removal operations and the re -setting of civil service employees at the FBI.”
The message, I signed By the ten Democrats The committee should urge Grassley to delay Pateel's vote until Patel agreed to the certificate for the second time under the department on the recent removal operations and the re -setting of civil service staff to the Federal Investigation Office; Until Doj agrees to provide the committee with the second volume of the final report of the former Special Adviser Jack Smith, who indicates or relates to the certificate of Patel or its actions, among other things.
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Bam Bondi, the choice of President Donald Trump to lead the Ministry of Justice as a public prosecutor, appears before the Senate Judicial Committee. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
“Given the seriousness of these matters, which directly affect the safety of Mr. Patel, his suitability to lead the first law enforcement agency in the country, and his respect for the protection of classified information, Democrats said:” Explain these matters personally. “
Senator Dick Durbin is a democratic of Illinois and a member of the Senate Judicial Committee. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The message comes – and the Gracel Express of the voltage – amid new lawsuits from an unknown Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Which was presented separately this week. Both the two invitations sought to prevent any public identity for the FBI employees who participated in the investigations of January 6 in the riots in the American Capitol after the list of the relevant agents and their roles with the leadership of the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday afternoon in line with a previous request to represent us, Deputy Prosecutor, Emile Bouv .
Both groups of the FBI agents asked the court from the restless relief in emergency cases to prevent the names or identities of the FBI agents participating in the investigations on January 6 from participation, indicating the impact on the work of the FBI or to make reprisals within the office.
Lawyers of the Association of the Federal Office of the Office of the Investigation Office, a voluntary professional association representing more than 14,000 agents of the Federal Investigation Office, active and retired, The correspondents said on Tuesday night To see the request of January 6, “Introduction”, a possible harmful work or the demobilization of collective workers in the office, pointing to the concerns that the name of the agents can be subject to threats, harassment, or targeting, either by the public or within the office.
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So far, there are no known plans to conduct comprehensive removal or punitive measures against the concerned agents.
A retired Federal Bureau of Investigation also urged calm, pointing to Fox News in an interview that the Acting Director and Deputy Director of the FBI were still in their place.
This person also emphasized that the investigation of January 6 and the FBI employees participating in the investigation in each case “fully followed the instructions of the office and the Ministry of Justice”, and that violations of federal laws “have undoubtedly proven reasonable in the courts of federal law.”
