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Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality

Global Published 15 September 2026, 21:46 · archived 15 Sep 2026

Senators question FBI chief on move to cut restrictions on agent applicants who have engaged in bestialityUS politics live – latest updatesFBI director Kash Patel defended his agency’s decision to roll back restrictions on agent applicants who have previously engaged in bestiality, arguing the FBI “did not want to punish victims of bestiality” by automatically disqualifying them.The unusual topic of bestiality emerged during a Senate judiciary committee oversight hearing on Tuesday after Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican John Kennedy questioned Patel’s decision to remove barriers that previo...

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