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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Trump's FBI pick exasperates senators - including one of his potential targets: 'How did we get here?'

President Donald Trump’s pick to be FBI director, Kash Patel, frustrated several Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing Thursday as he dodged questions on January 6, his previous grand jury testimony, and who won the 2020 election.

Patel once asserted the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination while being questioned before a grand jury looking at whether Trump mishandled national security secrets as he, on several occasions, refused to turn over classified documents.

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