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Channel GOP · Hearing · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Kash Patel won't give Sen.

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At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Kash Patel's nomination for FBI Director, Sen. Mazie Hirono pressed him on the list of 60 people his book calls part of the "executive branch deep state." Asked yes or no about Christopher Wray, James Comey and Bill Barr, Patel said he had "no plans in going backwards" and that "no one that did not break the law will be investigated." Hirono's verdict: "No answers to any of those."

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Who
Sen. Mazie Hirono
Where
hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee, Kash Patel FBI Director confirmation
Original footage
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50 seconds, unedited within the cut
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We have heard already your book includes a list of 60 people who you think make up part of the executive branch deep state. Mr. Patel, they've confirmed, do you plan to investigate President Trump's former FBI director Christopher Ray? Yes or no? I have no plans in going backwards. I have no plans in safe part of the state. How about James Comey? Do you plan to investigate him? Senator, every investigation will be subject to the same standard. Do you plan to investigate James Comey who's on your list? I have no intentions of going backwards in every intention of using the Constitution. How about Bill Barr? Do you plan to investigate him who's on your executive branch, Deep State? And you say you're going to ferret out the Deep State? No one that did not break the law will be investigated. No answers to any of those.

Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.

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