Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn said during a Fox News interview this week that Democrats\u2014including California\u2019s Adam Schiff\u2014are afraid of Kash Patel potentially leading the FBI because of what he knows about their involvement in the now-discredited \u201cRussia collusion\u201d narrative during former President Donald Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they are very fearful of Kash Patel because he knows what Adam Schiff and others did in pushing the Russia collusion story,\u201d Blackburn told Fox News host Charlie Hurt. \u201cThey know he has the dirt on them, if you will, and I think they\u2019re afraid of what he\u2019s going to do\u2014what he might reveal to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hurt agreed, saying Patel is known for his commitment to transparency in Washington.<\/p>\n
Hurt went on to ask Blackburn how Democrats might react to former members of their own party\u2014such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard\u2014aligning themselves with Trump on policy issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you\u2019re right,\u201d Blackburn replied. \u201cIt makes them angry. They see RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard working on common-sense solutions with President Trump, and they feel betrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blackburn added that Democrats may attempt to \u201cpunish\u201d Kennedy and others by slowing down their nominations or withholding political support.<\/p>\n
\u201cRFK Jr. is going to do a great job at HHS,\u201d Blackburn said. \u201cHe\u2019s going to help us find these 300,000 missing children. I\u2019ve been trying to locate them since the number was 75,000, and the Biden administration has never responded.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also outlined Kennedy\u2019s future collaborations, stating, \u201cHe\u2019s going to rework CMS with Dr. [Mehmet] Oz, work with Dr. Marty Makary to clean up the FDA, and with Dr. [Jay] Bhattacharya at the NIH.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Blackburn, the goal is to bring \u201ctransparency\u201d to agencies that Americans have lost trust in\u2014especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople want to know what really happened with COVID,\u201d Blackburn said. \u201cI believe we\u2019re finally going to be able to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor and noted critic of the government\u2019s pandemic response, was nominated by Trump to help lead NIH. He previously served as a lead plaintiff in the Murthy v. Missouri<\/em> Supreme Court case, arguing that the government censored his views on COVID-19 via social media platforms. Although the case gained national attention, it was ultimately unsuccessful in a 6\u20133 ruling.<\/p>\n Of Bhattacharya\u2019s role, Trump said, \u201cHe will work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the nation\u2019s medical research and make important discoveries that will improve health and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Kash Patel is a former federal prosecutor and national security official who rose to prominence for his work on the House Intelligence Committee under then-Chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). He played a key role in Republican investigations into alleged FBI misconduct during the 2016 election and the Trump-Russia investigation.<\/p>\n In 2018, Patel was instrumental in drafting the controversial Nunes memo, which alleged that the FBI misled the FISA court in seeking a surveillance warrant on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The memo accused the FBI of omitting key facts and relying too heavily on unverified information from the Steele dossier.<\/p>\n Patel later served as senior director of the Counterterrorism Directorate on the National Security Council and is widely viewed by conservatives as a dedicated truth-seeker and accountability advocate.<\/p>\n Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern over Patel\u2019s growing influence, particularly amid speculation he could be nominated to lead the FBI under a potential second Trump term. Critics argue that his past partisan involvement could undermine the bureau\u2019s neutrality.<\/p>\n Blackburn, however, views that resistance as politically motivated.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not worried about fairness,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re worried about being exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sen. Blackburn: Democrats \u201cFear\u201d Kash Patel Leading FBI Because He Knows the Truth About Russia Collusion Narrative Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn said during a Fox News… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"yoast_head":"\nWho Is Kash Patel?<\/h3>\n
Democrats Push Back on Patel’s Rise<\/h3>\n