Kash Patel is testifying before a Senate committee.
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Strict ScrutinySep 15, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters) and tier2 CBS and CNN report that FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the day the post was made. The claim faithfully paraphrases the passage's 'currently testifying before the Senate' and the Senate body is resolved correctly as the Judiciary Committee; no source contradicts it.
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… I think that seems right. That seems right. Lie better. Also, sorry, uh, while we were recording, we got the absolute best, uhm, victim blaming, uhm, analog. So Cash Patel is currently testifying before the Senate, and Durbin asked him about the FBI revisiting its hiring criteria and no longer excluding people who had engaged in bestiality. What about the bestiality? Tell me what it's before. It automatically disqualified any individual who participated, participated on either side of it. Obviously, we are never going to the side of what the bestiality. Yes, ah, the animal. And, yeah, okay. …
Strict Scrutiny · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP News reports FBI Director Kash Patel testified during the Senate Judiciary hearing on Oversight of the FBI on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.[1][5]
Supports. Reuters reports Patel told lawmakers on Tuesday at a more than four-hour oversight hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, his first Senate appearance since May.[2][6]
Supports. CBS News and CNN describe Patel being grilled by senators of both parties at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 15, 2026.[3][4]
Supports. ABC7 Chicago reported live on September 15, 2026 that Patel was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee that morning.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1FBI Director Kash Patel at Senate hearing | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FBI's Patel defends change in 'bestiality' hiring practice as lawmakers seek answersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3FBI Director Kash Patel pushed on lower hiring standards at FBI, Olympic celebration and Trump-ordered investigationscbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Kash Patel spars with lawmakers in Senate hearing | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5FBI chief Kash Patel defends hiring policy changes on prostitution at fiery hearingbutlereagle.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6FBI Director Kash Patel touts crime drop as Democrats grill him over Epstein files, traveltheglobeandmail.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Kash Patel testifies on FBI oversight before Senate committeeabc7chicago.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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