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Channel GOP · Hearing · Thursday, November 12, 2026

Cory Booker presses Kash Patel on five possible FBI political appointees, two he says are tied to Elon Musk

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Now playing on All Clips Cory Booker presses Kash Patel on five possible FBI political appointees, two he says are tied to Elon Musk Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)797 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

At a Senate hearing, Sen. Cory Booker names five people and Kash Patel confirms he has worked with them. Booker says he's been told they will be added as political appointees to help run the FBI, which he says has had only one political appointee since the early-1970s reforms. Patel calls it "news to me" and says he doesn't know whether two of them are affiliated with SpaceX or Elon Musk, as Booker says he's been told.

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Who
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Where
hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee, Kash Patel FBI Director confirmation
Original footage
Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
Length
60 seconds, unedited within the cut
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797 on Instagram
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Mr. Patel do you know any of these five individuals? Erica Knight Tom Ferguson Greg Menser Steve Reese or Carlos Fernandez? Yes, and who are they? People I've worked with in the past at some point. I'm told that those are the people that will be additional political Appointees to help run the FBI is that correct? That's news to me senator Under the history of our the Federal Bureau of Investigation since the reforms in the early 1970s there's only been one political appointee. I'm told that these will be additional political appointees, five extra political appointees. Do you know if Reese or Fernandez are affiliated with SpaceX or Elon Musk? I don't. I'm told that they are affiliated with SpaceX and Elon Musk and that he had influence and who will be placed around you as political appointees.

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

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