During a Senate hearing to review the FBI’s FY2026 budget request, Director Kash Patel was forced to admit that, despite the law requiring it, he had no such request ready to review.
This surprising development came during an awkward back-and-forth with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking Democrat and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which oversees and approves budget requests.
Senator Murray reminded the FBI Director that the budget request was legally required “last week,” and after the director responded, she surprisedly added, “And your answer is you just understand you’re not going to follow the law?”
From recent article detailing POTUS47 silent attack on educational institutions by simply going “radio silent” on paperwork front I can’t help but draw parallels. With Patel’s stated mission of dismantling FBI I wouldn’t be surprised he follows the same playbook, but this time making Dems choke finances for FBI for the lack of budget
Reference to Edu cuts: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-nih-funds-ghosting-a-follow-up-report