“You are a political buffoon at best,” FBI Director Kash Patel informed Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) during a shouting match at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.
The FBI has been “combatting the weaponization of intelligence by the likes of you,” Patel told Schiff.
Yes this just happened.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 16, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel just called out Adam Schiff as the “BIGGEST fraud to ever sit in Senate.”
An absolute must-watch:
“We have countlessly proven you to be a liar in Russiagate in January 6. You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United… pic.twitter.com/tgLp46ypOg
Sen. Schiff, infamous for false claims attacking President Donald Trump, was badgering the FBI director over the transfer of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security prison, which Patel said was a decision by the Bureau of Prisons.
While Schiff was screaming at him and attempting to drown him out, Director Patel noted that the FBI was enacting “historic reforms” and exhibiting extraordinary transparency regarding the Epstein case, releasing 33,000 pages of information.
“We have countlessly proven you to be a liar in Russiagate [and] in January 6,” Patel responded to Schiff’s accusations:
“You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate. You are a disgrace to this institution and an utter coward.”
“You continue to lie from your perch and put on a show so you can go raise money for your charade. You are a political buffoon at best,” Patel told the senator, who was attempting to shout him down.
