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Kash Patel flips script on Dem senator after being grilled on J6 pardons: ‘Brutal reality check’

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel was involved in a tense exchange with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Thursday over President Donald Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 rioters earlier this year.

KashPatel,PresidentDonaldTrump’snomineetoleadtheFederalBureauofInvestigation,pushedbackinhisconfirmationhearingafterhewasgrilledonthepresident’spardoningofJan.6rioters. “SodoyouthinkthatAmericaissaferbecausethe1,600peoplehavebeengivenanopportunitytocomeoutofservingtheirsentencesandliveinourcommunitiesagain?”Sen.DickDurbin,D-Ill.,askedPatelduringThursday’shearing,pressinghimonJan.6rioterswhoassaultedpoliceofficershavingtheirsentencescommutedearlierthismonth. PatelrespondedwithareferencetoBiden’sdecisioninthefinalhoursofhispresidencyto freeLeonardPeltier,afar-leftactivistconvictedinthe1975murdersoftwoFBIspecialagents,RonaldWilliamsandJackColer,whoweregunneddowninashootoutinSouthDakota. “Senator,Ihavenotlookedatall1,600individualcases,”Patelsaid. DOZENSOFFORMERFBIAGENTSRALLYAROUNDKASHPATEL̵