KASH PATEL TORCHES DEMS, TRUMP-XI AI STANDOFF LOOMS | WAR ROOM PM W STEVE BANNON
Neil McCabe reports from the Senate Judiciary Committee as FBI Director Kash Patel faces a bruising oversight hearing. Democrats press him on election operations, field-office "election-crisis" coordinators, and whether agents will be near polling places. Republicans highlight enforcement numbers, missing children, fentanyl, and local-law-enforcement cooperation. Bannon frames Patel as prepared and fighting back.
The hearing becomes a preview of November. Control of the House is treated as the hinge of the rest of Trump's term. Wayne Allyn Root pitches his "NEED Act": a presidential…
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