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Kash Patel defends removing bestiality as automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants
CNN • • general
Key Points:
- FBI Director Kash Patel removed bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI job applicants, citing the need to protect trafficking victims coerced into such acts.
- The previous policy disqualified applicants who admitted to crimes like prostitution or bestiality, but the new rule allows consideration of victims forced into these acts.
- Senators from both parties expressed disbelief and sought clarification, with Patel affirming that individuals who willingly engage in bestiality would still be disqualified.
- Patel faced additional questioning on investigations into deaths, FBI employee departures, and election security, often withholding details due to ongoing probes.
- When asked about election interference, Patel pledged not to interfere but criticized the questioning as a "charade of lies."
