RUSH TRANSCRIPT Get reassigned ░░░░░░░░ Booker time and time ░░░░░░░░ you ve attacked premises ░░░░░░░░ questions as a way ░░░░░░░░ not answer them I ░░░░░░░░ you have made our ░░░░░░░░ weaker and less safe ░░░░░░░░ believe that we are ░░░░░░░░ vulnerable to a major ░░░░░░░░ and I pray to ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t happen ░░░░░░░░ ve got of the ░░░░░░░░ of institutional knowledge and ░░░░░░░░ You fired or pushed ░░░░░░░░ season FBI officials many ░░░░░░░░ than 20 years of ░░░░░░░░ Who are working on ░░░░░░░░ that were critical You ░░░░░░░░ been purging thousands of ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement officials who ░░░░░░░░ their careers keeping us ░░░░░░░░ only to lower hiring ░░░░░░░░ in order to find ░░░░░░░░ to replace them And ░░░░░░░░ you admitted in this ░░░░░░░░ to senator coons that ░░░░░░░░ would take 14 years ░░░░░░░░ fill the vacancies that ░░░░░░░░ agency many are the ░░░░░░░░ of your purge 20 ░░░░░░░░ FBI agent s are ░░░░░░░░ low level immigration enforcement ░░░░░░░░ of their mission critical ░░░░░░░░ You ve disbanded entire ░░░░░░░░ Foreign influence public corruption ░░░░░░░░ who benefits from this ░░░░░░░░ people criminals Vladimir Putin ░░░░░░░░ from it And it ░░░░░░░░ makes me wonder who ░░░░░░░░ are looking out for ░░░░░░░░ makes me think we ░░░░░░░░ t trust you as ░░░░░░░░ nation You swear to ░░░░░░░░ the Epstein files but ░░░░░░░░ you are withholding the ░░░░░░░░ files You claim that ░░░░░░░░ have a suspect in ░░░░░░░░ serious assassination whips then ░░░░░░░░ don t have a ░░░░░░░░ You know nothing about ░░░░░░░░ to remove FBI agent ░░░░░░░░ you are directly involved ░░░░░░░░ those plans In the ░░░░░░░░ of FBI officials you ░░░░░░░░ overseen and I quote ░░░░░░░░ destruction of the nation ░░░░░░░░ premier law enforcement agency ░░░░░░░░ Patel in just eight ░░░░░░░░ you ve assaulted the ░░░░░░░░ integrity of the FBI ░░░░░░░░ I know FBI field ░░░░░░░░ I ve worked with ░░░░░░░░ No matter how truly ░░░░░░░░ you are you can ░░░░░░░░ undermine the legacy of ░░░░░░░░ who fight every day ░░░░░░░░ keep us safe but ░░░░░░░░ can tarnish the integrity ░░░░░░░░ the agency and undermine ░░░░░░░░ agency s capacity I ░░░░░░░░ you are failing as ░░░░░░░░ leader and your failure ░░░░░░░░ have serious implications for ░░░░░░░░ safety and security of ░░░░░░░░ and our families We ░░░░░░░░ more vulnerable to domestic ░░░░░░░░ foreign attack because of ░░░░░░░░ failures of leadership and ░░░░░░░░ don t think you ░░░░░░░░ fit to be in ░░░░░░░░ bureau but here s ░░░░░░░░ thing Mr Patel I ░░░░░░░░ you are not going ░░░░░░░░ be around long I ░░░░░░░░ this might be your ░░░░░░░░ oversight hearing because as ░░░░░░░░ as you supplicate yourself ░░░░░░░░ the will of Donald ░░░░░░░░ and not the Constitution ░░░░░░░░ the United States America ░░░░░░░░ Trump has shown us ░░░░░░░░ his first term and ░░░░░░░░ this term he is ░░░░░░░░ loyal to people like ░░░░░░░░ He will cut you ░░░░░░░░ This may be the ░░░░░░░░ time I have a ░░░░░░░░ with you because I ░░░░░░░░ t think you are ░░░░░░░░ for your job But ░░░░░░░░ m going to tell ░░░░░░░░ this I pray for ░░░░░░░░ I pray for you ░░░░░░░░ you can step up ░░░░░░░░ defend your own and ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution and do ░░░░░░░░ much better job of ░░░░░░░░ this country Thank you ░░░░░░░░ Chairman Chair Grassley do ░░░░░░░░ want to say anything ░░░░░░░░ Patel yes sir That ░░░░░░░░ of false information does ░░░░░░░░ bring this country together ░░░░░░░░ you want to work ░░░░░░░░ bringing this country together ░░░░░░░░ s my time not ░░░░░░░░ Sen Booker my god ░░░░░░░░ want to talk about ░░░░░░░░ this country I call ░░░░░░░░ on your social media ░░░░░░░░ You re are tearing ░░░░░░░░ country apart You can ░░░░░░░░ all you want to ░░░░░░░░ bear responsibility for what ░░░░░░░░ Dir Patel your time ░░░░░░░░ over Sen Booker you ░░░░░░░░ t tell me my ░░░░░░░░ is over The gemma ░░░░░░░░ New Jersey tell me ░░░░░░░░ my time is over ░░░░░░░░ telling my time is ░░░░░░░░ Mr Chairman Point of ░░░░░░░░ Chair Grassley senator booker ░░░░░░░░ announced at the beginning ░░░░░░░░ this meeting that this ░░░░░░░░ and forth talking over ░░░░░░░░ other doesn t work ░░░░░░░░ I said if that ░░░░░░░░ I asked patel not ░░░░░░░░ respond and I was ░░░░░░░░ to give you some ░░░░░░░░ after the senator s ░░░░░░░░ was up to respond ░░░░░░░░ he had the privilege ░░░░░░░░ do that uninterrupted Go ░░░░░░░░ Sen Booker I ve ░░░░░░░░ them talk over us ░░░░░░░░ you ve never once ░░░░░░░░ us for not being ░░░░░░░░ to finish our questions ░░░░░░░░ s been rude and ░░░░░░░░ to senator after senator ░░░░░░░░ Grassley the senators were ░░░░░░░░ giving him a chance ░░░░░░░░ answer I didn t ░░░░░░░░ the senator either Go ░░░░░░░░ senator Dir Patel thank ░░░░░░░░ Mr Chairman If the ░░░░░░░░ under my seven month ░░░░░░░░ were failing this administration ░░░░░░░░ this country why do ░░░░░░░░ have 23 000 violent ░░░░░░░░ arrested this year alone ░░░░░░░░ double increase from that ░░░░░░░░ last year Why is ░░░░░░░░ that we seized 6000 ░░░░░░░░ why have we found ░░░░░░░░ child predators interested in ░░░░░░░░ have we had 300 ░░░░░░░░ traffickers in jail why ░░░░░░░░ we identified 4700 children ░░░░░░░░ have we seized hundred ░░░░░░░░ of fentanyl enough to ░░░░░░░░ one third of the ░░░░░░░░ public a 25 increase ░░░░░░░░ from last year 80 ░░░░░░░░ kilograms of cocaine seized ░░░░░░░░ kilograms of methamphetamine and ░░░░░░░░ s just on her ░░░░░░░░ operations How is it ░░░░░░░░ that we are taking ░░░░░░░░ kilograms off the streets ░░░░░░░░ the cities in New ░░░░░░░░ and preventing the deaths ░░░░░░░░ 600 7000 people this ░░░░░░░░ alone a failure of ░░░░░░░░ FBI and my leadership ░░░░░░░░ is it that we ░░░░░░░░ counterintelligence arrests already this ░░░░░░░░ exceeding the numbers from ░░░░░░░░ entirety of last year ░░░░░░░░ mark 33 increase of ░░░░░░░░ r c 80 in ░░░░░░░░ 60 in the ci ░░░░░░░░ as it relates to ░░░░░░░░ and we haven t ░░░░░░░░ talked about ct.