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Michael Sainato

Adam Schiff says New Orleans attack shows why Kash Patel shouldn’t lead FBI

a composite image showing Adam Schiff and Kash Patel
Adam Schiff is sounding the alarm on the implications of Kash Patel’s potential takeover of the FBI. Composite: Getty Images, EPA

Adam Schiff says the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day demonstrates why Congress should reject Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, after his second presidency begins.

“Kash Patel should not be confirmed,” the California senator said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think the terrorist attack on New Orleans … just underscores again the importance of having someone directing the FBI that has experience, that has judgment, that has character, [and] that will prioritize defending the country against the violence we saw in New Orleans” or that from Trump supporters during the US Capitol attack on 6 January 2021 after he lost the presidency to Joe Biden weeks earlier.

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