An investigation found Dale Caldwell sexually harassed a woman and violated state ethics rules. He has denied allegations of misconduct. Sherrill said Caldwell had until Friday to step down.
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
"Like a thug, you're using your agency to go after reporters in a chill to one of the most sacrosanct ideals of the United States of America." Senator Cory Booker D-N.J. rips FBI Director Kash Patel for allegedly using the agency's resources to target journalists.
When asked to pledge not to interfere in the November midterms, FBI Director Kash Patel told Sen. Peter Welch, D-VT, that he would “not participate in your charade of lies.” Joe pokes fun at the moment, asking: “What's that even mean?”
“Donald Trump has been lowering hiring standards all over the government, beginning with his Cabinet,” argues MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell as he examines FBI Director Kash Patel’s Senate testimony and why he says it is “sad and dangerous that we have an ignorant clown as an FBI director.”
For the second time in four months, FBI Director Kash Patel was grilled by Democratic senators about his leadership of the bureau. The hourslong, partisan hearing Tuesday was similar to Patel’s previous appearances on Capitol Hill. There were contentious moments as Democrats pressed him on the firings of agents involved in investigations of President Donald Trump and whether the FBI would interfere in the midterm elections. MS NOW legal analyst and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade joins Way Too Early to break it all down.
The Weeknight hosts and MS NOW Legal Analyst Mary McCord react to FBI Director Kash Patel defending a newly revised FBI hiring practice involving bestiality during a Senate hearing earlier today.