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Kash Patel defends FBI bestiality policy at Senate hearing
By The BriefBrief · Sources (11)
Filed: Sep 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM ET
Summary: Kash Patel defended a recently revised FBI policy on bestiality during a Senate hearing. Sen. John Kennedy pressed the FBI director about the policy, which does not automatically disqualify job applicants who have engaged in bestiality.
WHO: Kash Patel; Sen. John Kennedy; FBI
WHAT: Patel defended the FBI’s revised bestiality policy during a Senate hearing as Kennedy questioned it.
WHEN: Sep 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: Kennedy questioned the FBI director about the recently revised policy on whether applicants are automatically disqualified for engaging in bestiality.
How this story developed (showing 2 of 2 earlier reports)
Sources (11):
ABC Australia,
Al Jazeera,
CBS News,
Jerusalem Post,
NBC News,
Tampa Free Press,
The Hindu,
The Independent,
WBIR 10News,
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay,
Wired
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