Patel squared off with Democrats for hours over his grand jury testimony in the special counsel probe, involvement with a J6 'inmate choir' and his previous remarks on QAnon.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for a 10-year term as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, distanced himself on Thursday from Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee he did not think violent rioters who assaulted law enforcement deserved a break.