Keystone Kash Reads from Flash Cards During Humiliating Hearing
Evan Vucci / REUTERS FBI Director Kash Patel has been busted carrying a cheat sheet of attack lines for his grilling in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Patel, 46, printed out attack lines against Illinois Sen.
Dick Durbin, a ranking member on the committee—including suggestions that the senator and his wife are directly profiting from his time in Congress.
Patel’s bullet list, whose first page was titled “DURBIN INFO” and includes bolded and red text, calls out Durbin’s wealth.
The list claims that it has “increased 364% since 1997.” Two lines below that, Patel’s cheat sheet reads, “Wife has lobbying conflicts.
Wife’s clients (Eastern Illinois University and the City of Naperville) collected over $1 million in federal earmarks prompted by Durbin.” This is a developing story that will be updated.
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