WATCH: Patel says he doesn't believe any president should use the FBI to influence any election

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., asked FBI Director Kash Patel in an oversight hearing Tuesday whether it was proper for a U.S. president to influence elections, citing concerns over President Donald Trump’s use of the Justice Department. “I don't believe any president should be doing that, and this president has not done that for the FBI,” Patel said in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Klobuchar asked if Patel was aware of longstanding DOJ guidance that FBI agents cannot conduct investigations inside polling places on Election Day, nor do federal prosecutors have the authority to send FBI special agents to polling places. Patel said he was aware. “We will always follow the law and the guidelines,” he told the senator. Patel is testifying in an oversight hearing on the nation's lead law enforcement agency, which has recently touted a drop in crime nationwide. His time heading the FBI has been plagued by critical reports about his own conduct, the subject of tense ques

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