Kash Patel Goes Nuclear On ‘Buffoon’ Adam Schiff During Congressional Shouting Match

FBI Director Kash Patel rebuked Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff on Tuesday after Schiff asked him about Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a lower-security prison.

After Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on July 24 and July 25, she was transferred to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Patel told Schiff that the Bureau of Prisons was responsible for the transfer, leading to a heated clash.

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“The Bureau of Prisons decided on their own, without any consultation with Blanche or anyone else, that they were going to suddenly, after this interview, completely unrelated to this interview, completely unrelated to anything she said, move her to a prison not suitable for a sex offender?” Schiff asked. “You want the American people to believe that? Do you think they’re stupid?”

“No. I think the American people believe the truth, that I’m not in the weeds on the everyday movements of inmates. What I am doing is protecting this country, providing historic reform and combating the weaponization of intelligence by the likes of you,” Patel responded. “And we have countlessly proven you to be a liar in Russiagate, in January 6th. You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate. You are a disgrace to this institution and an utter coward.”

A career intelligence officer who previously assisted House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) Democrats repeatedly told the FBI in 2017 that Schiff