FBI Director Kash Patel lost his cool as he grilled by leaders Tuesday at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing — and onlookers were delighted.
The FBI head was questioned over his handling of the Charlie Kirk shooting case, he was forced to defend his agency's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, and he clashed with several lawmakers — including Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) who warned him that President Donald Trump "will cut you loose."
Users on Bluesky and X reacted to the heated exchange and questioning.
"OUCH!!! @booker.senate.gov EVICERATES Kash Patel with the truth," reacted a Bluesky user.
"Patel desperately trying to keep his job," writer and editor Laura Bassett wrote on the same platform.
"We have a senate who is doing a damned good job going after Patel," posted another.
"Sounds like the Senator is going to put some work into Patel," author Thomas Jason Anderson wrote on X.
"Please inform Kash Patel that the father of the alleged shooter turned him in - the FBI did not capture anyone on their own - and remind Patel that Patel was eating at a restaurant when this happened. This was preceded by Patel falsely reporting the killer was in custody," another user shared on X.
"WHAT THE F--- BREAKING: Kash Patel says there is zero evidence Epstein trafficked young women “to other individuals.” We KNOW this is a lie. The head of the FBI is now personally covering for child predators on LIVE TV," Call to Activism posted on X.
"Kash Patel is combative if nothing else," reporter Man Aman Singh Chhina wrote on X.
"Between this and his glowing recommendation from trump (where he praised Blondi instead) I’m thinking Patel should be worried about future employment," Anna Baxter wrote on X.