Patel: "I will not participate in your charade of lies"

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FBI Director Kash Patel suggested Tuesday he was open to sending federal agents to polling locations during the midterm elections while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "This is about whether the United States citizens — Republicans, Democrats, independents — are the deciders of elections," Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) said during the hearing. "Do you pledge that you will not in any way interfere in the will of the American people when they go to the polls in November?" "I have pledged unequivocally that I will not participate in your charade of lies," Director Patel replied. The questions come as President Trump has repeatedly pushed his claims of fraud in the 2020 election and claims that the only way Democrats can win the midterms is if they cheat. "We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices," Director Patel said. "Election integrity is of paramount importance. The FBI's not going to shy away from that effort." #cspan #kashpatel #fbi #el