FBI Director Kash Patel has terminated agents and dismantled a task force after discovering they covertly monitored phone records of eight Republican senators and one congressman as part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” investigation. Patel revealed the files were hidden in a “lockbox” inside a secure vault.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially severed all ties with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) clashed with FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday over a new physical requirement for FBI applicants: the ability to do a pull-up. The requirement, which Patel implemented during his tenure as director, has drawn criticism from Hirono, who argued that "physiological differences" between men and women make the standard unfair.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel sharply escalated tensions when he called Senator Adam Schiff (D‑CA) “the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate.” The exchange came amid questions from Democrats about alleged political interference and staffing decisions under Patel’s leadership.
The Biden administration’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated a number of conservative groups, including Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA, as part of its probe called "Arctic Frost."
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, urging him to take action alongside Texas law enforcement in arresting lawmakers fleeing the state.
The FBI opened a new office in Wellington, New Zealand, to expand its presence overseas amid growing security threats posed by cybercrimes and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence.