Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Patel, I think you know that I have great respect for the men and women of the FBI. Their mission: fidelity, bravery, integrity. I believe they deserve a director who respects our work and sacrifices, and they deserve a director who's focused on their mission. This is not about bingo cards or games. This is not about revenge. This is about the safety of our country and the people that work in the FBI. And the FBI runs on facts. It runs on truth. Truth matters, and without truth, the whole system breaks down. You said that Donald Trump has every right to tell the world that in 2020, 2016, and every other election in between was rigged by our government because they were — yes or no, did you say that?
I don't have that statement in front of me, but that was from August 27, 2023, Thrive Time Show.
I'll put it on the record. These claims made in that statement were rejected by courts, including by Republican judges. Is that correct?
I don't have enough of the facts in front of me to make that — I will put that on the record.
But I think everyone in this committee, including the Republican members, knows that these statements were rejected by courts. You were asked about the police officers in the Capitol who testified in the January 6 hearings, and you accused them of lying. Is that correct or not correct?
I don't think that's accurate.
OK, Joe Piscopo podcast, March 2024, we'll put it on the record.
I was there. The police officers were heroes that day.
Did you post on your personal social media account in May of 2024, 'January 6th, never an insurrection. Cowards in uniforms exposed. They broke the chain of command.'
I believe you're referencing a post that was shown in part earlier. I don't have it in front of me.
You posted it, and it was on your account, and we will again put that out there once more. As we go on, I don't want to lose any more time on this, but every one of these, there's a record of it, and you haven't answered. You promoted a COVID vaccine reversal or detox supplement. One scientist said, I quote, 'none of these substances in any form would minimize side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine that is preying on innocent people.' Did you perform clinical trials before you made that claim?
But you did promote this supplement and told people that it would reverse or mitigate the side effects from COVID vaccine.
Did I give people an opportunity to make an independent choice for what's best for their families?
Yes. You did that last year, correct?
I don't have it in front of me again, Senator.
Mr. Patel, the FBI tackles some of the most complex threats that we face: terrorists, hostile foreign powers, violent gangs, fentanyl, criminal organizations. Your mission, though, has been to go after people. I've looked at it. I've read this stuff. Yes or no: when Trump wins — did you say this, 'when Trump wins in 2024 and is in power in 2025, we can prosecute them,' referring to Justice Department officials, for an actual RICO statute violation for criminally organizing the United States government to break the law to rig presidential elections? Did you say that, yes or no?
Senator, you're reading a partial statement, so I'm unable to fully respond.
OK, again, we'll put it on the record. X22 Report podcast, 2024. That is from — I'll get you the date — about a year ago. One of the names on your list was Bill Barr. Chairman Grassley has called him 'one of the most capable cabinet officials I've ever been able to vote for.' Senator Graham has said, 'I have nothing but total respect and admiration for the job done by William Barr as Attorney General of the United States.' Is Bill Barr on your list of whatever you want to call them — you know, been referred to as an enemy's list, you've called them deep state — after serving his country as the Attorney General of the United States? Is he on your list because of a personal vendetta?
Well, it's not whatever we want to call it, Senator. With all due respect, it's not an enemy's list. That is a total mischaracterization.
