During a Senate subcommittee hearing today, Democrats tried a variety of avenues to pin down FBI Director Kash Patel on reports about the bureau'about politicization of law enforcement as well as his personal conduct'but it was a simple question from Senator Chris Van Hollen at the end that produced the most telling response. Patel scowled and loudly reshuffled papers at his table. 'I have not lied to Congress,' he said. He accused the senator of lying. He refused to look up. But as Van Hollen noted, Patel repeatedly sidestepped the actual question. 'The director of the FBI apparently does not want to answer the question about whether or not it's a crime to lie to Congress, and I find that extremely troubling,' Van Hollen said. 'You are a disgrace, Mr. Director.' The exchange was a fiery end to a hearing that began with a bizarre exchange between Van Hollen and Patel but drifted into an odd stasis in the middle. The hearing, which also featured the leaders of the Drug Enforcement...
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