{"id":2601703,"date":"2026-05-12T13:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-kash-patel-testifies-on-fbi-budget-request\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:29:20","slug":"watch-live-kash-patel-testifies-on-fbi-budget-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-kash-patel-testifies-on-fbi-budget-request\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Kash Patel testifies on FBI budget request"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-live-kash-patel-testifies-on-fbi-budget-request%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=2601703&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>FBI Director Kash Patel is set too testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee about the bureau\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-hegseth-and-caine-testify-on-pentagon-budget\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Heg...h and Caine testify on Pentagon budget\">fiscal 2027 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-sen-rick-scott-accountability-should-be-basic-function-of-govt-but-dems-and-biden-failing-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Fla. Sen. Rick Scott: Accountability should be basic function of govt, but Dems and Biden failing to do so\">budget request<\/a><\/a>. The FBI is asking for more than $12.5 billion-nearly an 18% increase over fiscal 2026. Patel will be one of four witnesses at the hearing, alongside the ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, and DEA directors. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Got it. Here\u2019s a clean summary of the item:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Who:** FBI Director **Kash Patel** (along with directors\/leaders from the **ATF**, **U.S. Marshals Service**, and **DEA**)  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **What:** Testimony before the **Senate Appropriations Committee** regarding the FBI\u2019s **FY 2027 budget request**  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **When:** **2:00 p.m. Tuesday**  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Budget request:** The FBI is seeking **more than $12.5 billion**, about **an 18% increase** over **FY 2026**<\/p>\n<p>If you want, I can also turn this into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >short news blurb suitable<\/a> for posting, or pull out the key bullet points for a briefing memo.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"516\">FBI<\/a> Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11691\">Kash Patel<\/a> is testifying before the Senate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3363\">Appropriations Committee<\/a> on his agency\u2019s budget request for fiscal 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/jmd\/media\/1434246\/dl?inline\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/jmd\/media\/1434246\/dl?inline\">requesting<\/a> more than $12.5 billion in appropriated funds, marking a nearly 18% increase from fiscal 2026.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4564538\/john-fetterman-has-guts-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Fetterman has guts\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4564377\/elissa-slotkin-praises-iran-anti-us-propaganda\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Seditious Six\u2019 member Slotkin praises Iranian propaganda: \u2018Nothing I\u2019ve ever seen before\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4562725\/schumer-democrats-white-house-ballroom\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Schumer outlines Democrats\u2019 strategy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-details-strategy-to-oppose-1-billion-for-ballroom-security\/\" title=\"Schumer details strategy to oppose  billion for ballroom security\">oppose  billion<\/a> for ballroom security<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4562611\/kash-patel-uses-artificial-intelligence-fbi-what-does-that-mean\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4562611\/kash-patel-uses-artificial-intelligence-fbi-what-does-that-mean\/\">KASH PATEL SAYS HE USES AI EVERYWHERE AT THE FBI. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Patel will be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2027-budget-request-for-the-federal-bureau-of-investigation-the-drug-enforcement-administration-the-united-states-marshals-service-and-the-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2027-budget-request-for-the-federal-bureau-of-investigation-the-drug-enforcement-administration-the-united-states-marshals-service-and-the-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives\">one of four witnesses<\/a> asking Congress for funding. The other three are Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Director Robert Cekada, U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces Serralta, and Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel testifies on the FBI\u2019s 2027 budget, seeking over $12.5B-up nearly 18% from 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2601706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26078503043270.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[79532,34558,50645,44864,32824],"class_list":["post-2601703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-budget-request","tag-congressional-hearing","tag-fbi-2","tag-kash-patel","tag-live-stream"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26078503043270.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601703","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601703"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601708,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601703\/revisions\/2601708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}