WASHINGTON – Today during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the nomination of Kash Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the Trump administration, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed with him the need to restore trust in the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after the Biden administration’s politicization of these agencies. Excerpts are below, and video can be found here.

On Restoring the Rule of Law in America:

CORNYN: “Do you believe America is an exceptional nation?”

PATEL: “It’s the greatest nation.”

CORNYN: “Do you believe a large part of what makes America an exceptional nation is the rule of law?”

PATEL: “It is one of the fundamental precepts that determines that.”

CORNYN: “Why is that?”

PATEL: “Because without a singular application of a rule of law, we go back to the Uganda that my father fled.”

CORNYN: “I think your biggest task is going to be, along with Pam Bondi at the Office of the Attorney General, is to restore the rule of law to the Department of Justice and the FBI. Are you willing to do that?”

PATEL: “Absolutely, Senator.”

CORNYN: “Without regard to partisan affiliation or politics?”

PATEL: “Absolutely.”