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Kash Patel confuses with stunningly bizarre boast: 'Someone get this man a plaque’
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
What happened
RawStory reports that FBI Director Kash Patel posted a campaign-style infographic on September 27, 2026, boasting that he had made 101 calls to “foreign partners” during his first 18 months in office. Commentators noted that this amounted to roughly 1.3 calls per week. Progressive writer Alex Cole supplied the headline’s punch line: “Somebody get this man a…
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