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Channel GOP · Hearing · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Mazie Hirono presses Patel: why is the FBI ignoring Trump's Qatar jet, pardons and ballroom donors?

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Now playing on All Clips Mazie Hirono presses Patel: why is the FBI ignoring Trump's Qatar jet, pardons and ballroom donors? Mazie Hirono305 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

At a Senate Judiciary Committee FBI oversight hearing, Mazie Hirono tells Patel the FBI has done nothing about corruption at the top of the executive branch. She says Trump accepted a $400 million jet from Qatar he plans to keep, pardons have been available for $1 million campaign contributions, tech billionaires got White House access for funding the ballroom, and a Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding on a private island.

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Who
Mazie Hirono
Where
hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee FBI oversight hearing
Original footage
The Financial Express · watch the full video from this moment
Length
52 seconds, unedited within the cut
Plays
305 on Instagram
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And yet, you have done nothing about the rampant corruption taking place at the highest levels of the executive branch. We all know the President accepted a $400 million jet from Qatar, which he plans to keep after he leaves office. Tech billionaires received special access to the White House in exchange for paying for the President's new Ballroom Vanity Project. Partons have been available for $1 million contributions to the President's campaign. And just this week, it has been revealed that a Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars so Donald Trump Jr. could have his wedding on a private island. The FBI is supposed to be investigating this sort of blatant public corruption, not turning a blind eye.

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