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What Kash Patel is saying is that there may be some situations that may be in that gray area where you shouldn't have to get a warrant,
Some lawmakers have absolutely called for the necessity of a warrant in these situations. And so it makes sense that the senators would ask the nominee to run the FBI whether or not he has an opinion on it,
The individual rights of people in the United States under our Constitution come first,
Having a warrant requirement to go through that information in real time is just not comported with the requirement to protect American citizenry,
Patel said during his Senate hearing The fact that the soon-to-be head of the nation's, sort of, top law enforcement agency takes the position that is favored by law enforcement shouldn't surprise anybody,
former assistant district attorney and criminal defense attorney Phil Holloway told Fox News Digital According to public reports, federal prosecutors subpoenaed Mr. Patel to testify before a grand jury investigating President Trump’s retention of classified materials after leaving office and granted Mr. Patel immunity to facilitate his testimony in November 2022 after Mr. Patel invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to answer questions,
Durbin and other Democrats wrote It's not expert, it's like super simple."
Whitehouse seemed to grow frustrated, telling Patel The Committee cannot adequately fulfill its constitutional duty without reviewing details in the report of Mr. Patel’s testimony under oath, which is necessary to evaluate Mr. Patel’s truthfulness, trustworthiness, and regard for the protection of classified information."
I don't know if I singularly have that authority ... I'm not an expert on this constitutional standard."
Now some of you are new to this committee and new to the Senate, so you may not know that I am the proud mother of a 36-year-old young man with severe cerebral palsy,
You said the pedophilia scandal in the Catholic Church is a perfect metaphor for what’s happening in the United States,
I don't believe for a second President Trump would ask me to do something that would break the law,
Gabbard responded emphatically He’s relitigating and churning settled science. We can’t go forward and find out what the cause of autism is and treat these kids and help these families,
Mr. Kennedy, with all due respect that is so dangerous. Your voice would be a voice that parents would listen to,
My concern is that if there’s any false note, any undermining of a mama’s trust in vaccines another person will die from a vaccine-preventable disease,
Cassidy said, calling back to the anecdote he told in his opening remarks of treating a young woman who needed an emergency liver transplant after suffering failure because of hepatitis B I want you to look at them if you can, if you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel, and tell them you're proud of what you did. Tell them you're proud that you raised money off of people that assaulted their colleagues, that pepper sprayed them, that beat them with poles,
It is Medicare Advantage, which is the private insurance option for seniors,
You're saying now you don't know who he is. You glorified him and the rest of that choir,
Do you agree with [Trump] that the election was stolen in 2020?"
Welch posed the question again, asking Patel I worried about whether in fact vaccine had done something to my son,