{"id":2397245,"date":"2025-01-30T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-adam-schiff-becomes-agitated-when-kash-patel-refuses-to-play-along-with-his-confirmation-hearing-stunt\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:34:11","slug":"watch-adam-schiff-becomes-agitated-when-kash-patel-refuses-to-play-along-with-his-confirmation-hearing-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-adam-schiff-becomes-agitated-when-kash-patel-refuses-to-play-along-with-his-confirmation-hearing-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Adam Schiff Becomes Agitated When Kash Patel Refuses to Play Along with His Confirmation Hearing Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-adam-schiff-becomes-agitated-when-kash-patel-refuses-to-play-along-with-his-confirmation-hearing-stunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397245&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/implicit-bias-is-nothing-but-divisive-junk-science\/\" title=\"\u2018Implicit Bias\u2019 Is Nothing But Divisive Junk Science\">recent confirmation hearing<\/a> for \u200dFBI director nominee kash Patel, Democratic\u200d Senator Adam Schiff attempted to\u2062 criticize Patel&#8217;s involvement in promoting the \u200bsong &#8220;Justice for\u200d All,&#8221; created by \u2063the J6 Prison Choir, which consists of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">individuals\u200d facing charges related<\/a> to\u200d the January 6,\u2062 2021 Capitol\u200b protests. Schiff questioned Patel\u2019s\u200c role, suggesting\u200d he \u2063should feel ashamed for\u2064 supporting \u2062a song associated wiht violent actions against law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2064 defended himself, asserting \u200dthat his\u2064 promotion of the song was aimed at raising \u200dmoney for\u2064 families in\u200d need. he rebuffed Schiff&#8217;s accusations \u200cand refused to comply when asked \u200bto look at Capitol\u200c Police officers present during the hearing, emphasizing that\u2064 he did not personally profit from the song. Throughout the exchange, Patel \u200dmaintained \u2063a composed demeanor,\u200d not yielding to Schiff&#8217;s attempts to provoke a response.<\/p>\n<p>Patel&#8217;s\u2063 qualifications include previous positions as \u200da \u2062federal prosecutor and various roles within the Trump governance,\u200d where he\u2063 garnered a reputation for being uncompromising and unflinching in \u200cthe face of \u2063political\u2064 challenges. Patel&#8217;s performance in the hearing showcased his steadfastness\u200c and unwillingness to engage in partisan\u2062 gamesmanship.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>FBI Director nominee Kash Patel would not play along when Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff tried to pull a stunt Thursday during Patel&rsquo;s confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff tried to make hay on a song Patel helped promote called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-j6-prison-choir-top-chart-1-song-justice-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice for All<\/a>&rdquo; featuring the J6 Prison Choir, made up of those who had been accused of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, protests.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You certainly promoted the hell out of it, though, didn&rsquo;t you?&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/adam-schiff-nancy-pelosi-melt-trumps-jan-6-pardons-terrible-way-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schiff<\/a> said in Patel&rsquo;s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what that means, but I promoted the heck out of raising money for families in need,&rdquo; Patel responded.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff noted the song went to the top of the charts following its release in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t that great? People [who] violently attack police have a No. 1 song, thanks to you, Mr. Patel. That&rsquo;s something to be really proud of,&rdquo; the senator sarcastically said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHNIVlep30M?si=wSV2KhJ6TphLRbFV\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Schiff argued Patel should have done some due diligence to ensure none of those who participated in the choir had engaged in violence on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t record it myself,&rdquo; Patel responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want you to turn around. There are Capitol Police officers behind you. They&rsquo;re guarding us. Take a look at them right now. Turn around,&rdquo; Schiff directed Patel, who did not comply.<\/p>\n<p>The nominee was in no in the mood to play the Democrat&rsquo;s game.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking at you. You&rsquo;re talking to me,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-perfectly-illustrates-democrats-predictability-whipping-bingo-card-kash-patel-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-a-party-writes-its-platform-every-four-years-ahead-of-convention-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How a party writes its platform every four years ahead of convention - Washington Examiner\">nominee&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s non-compliance probably caught Schiff off guard. In his mind&rsquo;s eye, the senator likely foresaw Patel doing as he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look at them. I want you to look at them, if you can,&rdquo; the senator said now becoming agitated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel, and tell them you&rsquo;re proud of what you did. Tell them you&rsquo;re proud that you raised money off of people that assaulted their colleagues. That pepper-sprayed them. That beat them with poles,&rdquo; Schiff said.<\/p>\n<p>Patel responded in a matter-of-fact tone, &ldquo;And I did not make a single dime out of this,&rdquo; referring to the song.<\/p>\n<p>The nominee then added, &ldquo;How about you ask them if I have their backs, and let&rsquo;s see about that answer?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Patel&rsquo;s resume includes stints as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/02\/politics\/who-is-kash-patel-trump-fbi-director\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal prosecutor<\/a> in the National Security Division of the Justice Department. He later was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/plot-president-film-reveals-key-role-one-man-played-exposing-hillary-dncs-misdeeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior counsel<\/a> to the House Intelligence Committee then-chairman GOP Rep. Devin Nunes.<\/p>\n<p>In that capacity, he&nbsp;helped unearth&nbsp;the origins of the infamous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-john-durham-set-kick-off-major-trial-directly-target-huge-name-behind-steele-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steele dossier<\/a>&nbsp;funded by the Democratic National Committee and the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-pick-lead-fbi-no-friend-agency-brutal-plans-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel&rsquo;s posts<\/a> during the first Trump administration included chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-ex-colleague-of-hunter-bidens-lawyer-to-temporarily-run-doj-criminal-division\/\" title=\"Biden Taps Ex-Colleague Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Lawyer To Temporarily Run DOJ Criminal Division\">senior director<\/a> for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, and principal deputy to the acting director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: &#039;If You&#039;re Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further&#039; Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">national intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Patel appeared a man comfortable in his skin, not willing to be pushed around by the likes of Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>Good for Patel. He clearly won&rsquo;t be getting the Californian&rsquo;s vote anyway. 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Despite Schiff&#8217;s insistence that Patel acknowledge Capitol Police officers present, he remained steadfast and unyielding in his responses, demonstrating confidence and unwillingness to play along with Schiff\u2019s tactics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schiff-vs-Patel.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36040,45014,44864,35743,49536],"class_list":["post-2397245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-adam-schiff","tag-confirmation-hearing","tag-kash-patel","tag-political-drama","tag-video-reaction"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schiff-vs-Patel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397249,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397245\/revisions\/2397249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}