BREAKING: Kash Patel's Strong Statement at FBI Director Confirmation Hearing

During his contentious confirmation hearing for FBI Director, Kash Patel made a passionate defense of his proposed leadership style, focusing on:

Patel: "And I'm going to let good cops be cops and put handcuffs on the bad guys and put child molesters in prison and put murderers in prison and make sure CCP fentanyl doesn't kill another one of your constituents. That's track one; track two is to restore the trust in the FBI. That has degraded, not by my opinion, but by a Gallup poll showing only 40% of Americans have trust or faith in the FBI. Reaching that point represents a cataclysmic failure in leadership, which did not happen overnight. And so what the FBI must do while tackling violent crime and protecting Americans' national security and our sovereignty is work with Congress, Republicans and Democrats, to expose any government corruption, provide government accountability through transparency. I will ensure you receive all the documents for which you are the custodians. The FBI reports to Congress. If I am confirmed as FBI director, I will report to Congress. And I will just save you with this one caveat here about my personal experiences with the FBI. The men and women of the FBI do the most courageous work on God's green earth. I was fortunate enough to utilize FISA 702 national security measures to prevent a shopping mall from blowing up in Houston and the state capital from being attacked in California. Courageous men and women do that work every day. And these are cases you never hear about. Instead, the only things you hear about are the baseless conspiracy theories and attacks levied at me. Well, here's something for America. You can say whatever you want about me. If I'm confirmed, bring it on. But you will not denigrate the men and women of the FBI that save this country."