At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asked FBI Director Kash Patel if the Bureau was still doing nine things that scandalized the organization during the Biden Administration.
Chairman Jordan grilled the FBI director with a series of rapid-fire questions, alluding to the Biden-era FBI controversies:
- “Is the FBI still spying on parents at school board meetings?”
- “Is the FBI still targeting Catholics?”
- “Is the FBI still spying on President Trump?”
- “Is the FBI still censoring Americans?”
- “Is the FBI still targeting Americans for shopping at Cabela’s or purchasing Bibles?”
- “Is the FBI still targeting Americans who are pro-life?”
- “Is the FBI still cooking the books on crime data?”
- “Is the FBI still purging agents for conservative viewpoints?”
- “Is the FBI still labeling the Betsy Ross Flag – the flag of the American Revolution – a hate symbol?”
Each time, Director Patel replied by testifying that the FBI was not engaged in that behavior.
Chairman Jordan then suggested to Patel that the FBI’s success in fighting crime under the Trump Administration has been the result of its refrain from political activism:
“Maybe, when you’re not focused on politics, you can actually to do what the FBI’s supposed to do: go get the bad guys. Right?”
“That’s what the men and women of the FBI do,” Patel responded.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 17, 2025
