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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5110327-john-bolton-kash-patel-fbi-director-limits/
Former national security adviser John Bolton said he believes Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for FBI director, resembles a “climbing weed” in his ascension to the role.
“You have to know what your job is and what your limits are. And Kash Patel sort of like a climbing weed doesn’t show respect for the limits,” Bolton said Monday in an appearance on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.”
He added that despite concerning issues over Patel’s ability to maintain security protocols, the nominee is likely to be confirmed by the GOP-led Senate with a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
“The Democrats don’t know how to play the game anymore and Patel may get through it,” he told host Jen Psaki, a former White House press secretary.
Earlier in the interview, Bolton discussed new claims that Patel publicly spoke on a sensitive hostage mission while serving on the National Security Council.
Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he opposes the nomination.
In a Monday letter, Durbin wrote that Patel, “broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then-in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020” in a letter to top defense officials according to CBS.
Former national security adviser John Bolton said he believes Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for FBI director, resembles a “climbing weed” in his ascension to the role.
“You have to know what your job is and what your limits are. And Kash Patel sort of like a climbing weed doesn’t show respect for the limits,” Bolton said Monday in an appearance on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.”
He added that despite concerning issues over Patel’s ability to maintain security protocols, the nominee is likely to be confirmed by the GOP-led Senate with a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
“The Democrats don’t know how to play the game anymore and Patel may get through it,” he told host Jen Psaki, a former White House press secretary.
Earlier in the interview, Bolton discussed new claims that Patel publicly spoke on a sensitive hostage mission while serving on the National Security Council.
Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he opposes the nomination.
In a Monday letter, Durbin wrote that Patel, “broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then-in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020” in a letter to top defense officials according to CBS.
