{"id":669297,"date":"2026-09-16T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=669297"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:57:28","slug":"reuters-photographer-zooms-in-on-kash-patels-notes-and-catches-his-durbin-info-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=669297","title":{"rendered":"Reuters photographer zooms in on Kash Patel\u2019s notes \u2014 and catches his \u2018DURBIN INFO\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FBI Director Kash Patel fired back guns blazing after Democrats and their media allies attacked him during a congressional hearing Tuesday.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Democrats fiercely attacked Patel by calling him a \u201cthug,\u201d questioning the legitimacy of his investigative work, and making a fuss over him partying with<\/a> U.S. hockey players during the Olympics.<\/p>\n

The \u201cthug\u201d attack was particularly infuriating:<\/p>\n

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Today I called out Kash Patel for who he is: a thug who uses government resources for himself, and is more interested in using his office to advance Trump\u2019s agenda than do the job of running the FBI. pic.twitter.com\/Esk7oOskgj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The leftist Democrat media joined the attack by capturing a photo of a note that Patel was wielding that contained\u00a0talking points to use against the very Democrats who were ruthlessly attacking and smearing him.<\/p>\n

For this, for being prepared with facts to use against his enemies, Patel was attacked by so-called \u201cjournalists\u201d like Jonathan Martin of Politico.<\/p>\n

Martin accused<\/a> the FBI Director of coming to the hearing \u201cto perform a show for [President Donald] Trump rather than offer any insights about [his] actual work. The leftist \u201cjournalist\u201d had nothing to say about Booker\u2019s \u201cthug\u201d attack.<\/p>\n

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The talented @Reuters<\/a> photographers with a close up of Kash Patel\u2019s oppo research on the top Democrat on Senate Judiciary Dick Durbin\u2026 as Patel testifies before the committee pic.twitter.com\/4C9SEGLY4k<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Later Tuesday evening, Patel responded to all his attackers with fire and fury while speaking on Fox News\u2019 \u201cHannity<\/a>.\u201d He was helped by host Sean Hannity, who made it a point to compare his accomplishments to those of the Democrats.<\/p>\n

Hannity noted, for example, that whereas Patel\u2019s Biden-era predecessor only captured four of America\u2019s top 10 most wanted criminals, his FBI has captured nine. Hannity also pointed to a drop in murders, rapes, and robberies, as well as a rise in the capture of cartel members and fentanyl dealers.<\/p>\n

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Under President Trump\u2019s leadership, this FBI and our law enforcement partners delivered the largest year-to-year drop in violent crime in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

Put cops in the field. Hunt violent criminals. Deliver results for the American people.<\/p>\n

-DKP\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" pic.twitter.com\/nzvkKmaqQA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Patel ripped into Democrats for caring more about playing politics than actually making the country safer for the American people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what the Democrats do on the Hill,\u201d he began. \u201cThey don\u2019t want to participate in the most prolific reduction in violent crime in U.S. history, thanks to President Trump and his law enforcement team. What they want to do is launch baseless personal attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they want to talk about is Russia collusion,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat they want to do is lie to the American people. And what they want the mainstream media to do is not cover this historic reduction, not cover the lives saved, not cover the fact that we seized enough fentanyl to kill a quarter-billion Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n

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FBI Director Kash Patel fires back after a heated hearing on Capitol Hill, accusing Democrats of focusing on personal attacks while ignoring the FBI\u2019s record on violent crime, fentanyl, and child predators:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what the Democrats do on the Hill. They don\u2019t want to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/uyscerwuF4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean Hannity \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@seanhannity) September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis FBI, under my leadership, under President Trump\u2019s administration, is here for the people of America,\u201d Patel continued. \u201cWe are not here for the cacophony of the United States Senate and the Democrats and their radical lunacy. We are here to protect Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further argued that the reason Democrats have been so ruthless in their attacks is that they\u2019re mad he\u2019s getting the job done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that we delivered is ticking them off more than anything they could possibly think of,\u201d Patel said. \u201cSo, when you\u2019re over the target, what are they going to do, Sean? They\u2019re going to yell at you about your personal life and lie about it and threaten the ones you love, which they did repeatedly today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to stand for that, but we\u2019re also going to continue this historic mission,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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FBI Director Kash Patel fired back guns blazing after Democrats and their media allies attacked him during a congressional hearing Tuesday. During the hearing, Democrats fiercely attacked Patel by calling him a \u201cthug,\u201d questioning the legitimacy of his investigative work, and making a fuss over him partying with U.S. hockey players during the Olympics. The… Continue reading Reuters photographer zooms in on Kash Patel\u2019s notes \u2014 and catches his \u2018DURBIN INFO\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/669290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}