Sen. Cory Booker erupted in an embarrassing spectacle during Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, unloading a tirade of personal attacks on FBI Director Kash Patel that quickly devolved from tough questioning into a whiny, self-indulgent meltdown. Booker accused Patel of undermining the FBI, but his performance was less about oversight and more about theatrics — shouting, interrupting, and acting like a petulant child on national television.
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“Mr. Patel, in just eight months, you have assaulted the institutional integrity of the FBI,” Booker began. “But I know FBI field agents. I’ve worked with them in Newark. No matter how truly bad you are, you can’t undermine the legacy of agents who fight every day to keep us safe, but you can tarnish the
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