Dem Rep. Dean says Patel is “not worthy of leading” in a collision during hearing
Democrat Dean and FBI director Kash Patel have clashed over whether the agency is politically weaponized.
WASHINGTON – FBI director Kash Patel relocated 1,500 FBI agents, analysts and other staff from Washington to posts nationwide on Friday on a FOX News broadcast, saying, “it’s not enough for our workforce.”
Patel moved FBI officials out of the country’s capital and J. We talked frequently about shutting down the Edgar Hoover FBI building and turning it into a “deep state” museum in some form.
However, his comments to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo appear to be the most definitive to date in terms of his plans, named after the FBI and the longest-serving director of the department.
Patel said the FBI currently has around 11,000 staff members in the country’s capital region.
“It’s like a third of the workforce. A third of crime doesn’t happen here, so we’re taking 1,500 of those people and moving them,” Patel said. “Every state is a positive.”
Patel didn’t say much about plans to move the FBI headquarters. This is the former FBI Director and Congress who recognized it must be done due to the aging condition of the building.
“I didn’t know I was trying to do this, but I’m going to announce it on your show anyway. This FBI will leave the Hoover building because this building is not safe for our workforce,” Patel said. “But we want American men and women to know if you work for the best law enforcement agencies in the world. We’re going to give you a building worthy of it. That’s not this place.”
