FBI Director Kash Patel is under fire on Saturday after being fact-checked for a profane rant he made against MSNBC in connection with a report on the arrest of former FBI Director James Comey.
Patel over the weekend took to social media to complain about MSNBC. Specifically, he was responding to MSNBC legal analyst Barb McQuade, who said that "DOJ policy prohibits 'perp walks,' in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras" after reports of an agent being let go for refusing to give Comey a perp walk.
"BREAKING: MSNBC still an a-- clown factory of disinformation," Patel said. "Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon…"
He added, "MSNBC has no facts and no audience. In this FBI, follow the chain of command or get relieved."
House Dem aide Aaron Fritschner responded, saying, "A lot of juvenile insults and weird language about MSNBC and the media here but no rebuttal of McQuade’s point that Kash Patel fired this agent for refusing to violate policy."
Hedge fund founder Spencer Hakimian chimed in, "Kash Patel has just called MSNBC an a-- clown factory."
"Is this appropriate to you?" he then asked.
Legal analyst Anna Bower asked, "What’s the legal basis for arresting Comey? DOJ requested a summons—*not* an arrest warrant—under Rule 9 of the FRCrP. Is DOJ going back to the magistrate to ask for a warrant, even though Comey hasn’t failed to appear?"
She further inquired, "If not, what’s the exigency for a warrantless arrest?"
Hugo Lowell, The Guardian's White House correspondent, said, "Kash Patel erroneously claims there were perp walks for Bannon (who self surrendered), Navarro (who was arrested trying to catch a flight) and Stone (whose raid was caught by a CNN stakeout camera)."
"Also — US Attny Lindsey Halligan didn’t request an arrest warrant for Comey," the reporter then added.
