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?”

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      15 hours ago

      Except that its all documented history. Just because its a conspiracy doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Plenty of conspiracies have been true, and Russia’s long-term targeting of America has long been documented. It’s not like it’s a secret.

      Trump has had an ongoing relationship with Russia going back to the Soviet days. He’s a filthy traitor, and the Putin and Skum aren’t even American. The only people who are denying it are idiotic MAGA Nazi traitors.