Mazie K. Hirono: “Mr. Patel, this country needs an FBI who will give us straight answers, not the kind of rhetoric that you have provided…”

The law is clear. Congress mandated that funds, with specific statutorily prescribed amounts, be provided for each grant program with specific statutorily defined purposes in each fiscal year.

You have been at the helm of the FBI for almost two years, and the list of your failings is long and frankly growing.

The Pentagon must immediately revoke its decision to livestream this execution.

This administration unnecessarily reallocated half of these funds in order to put out a press release leading up to midterm elections touting how much funding it was providing to HBCUs and Tribal Colleges—while robbing MSIs of investments…