'You haven't read the Constitution?' Dem pummels Kash Patel for ignoring due process law [View all]

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'You haven't read the Constitution?' Dem pummels Kash Patel for ignoring due process law

David Edwards
May 8, 2025 12:41PM ET

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) pressed FBI Director Kash Patel about why he refused to investigate agencies violating the U.S. Constitution by denying due process to migrants.

During a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Merkley asked Patel if he was familiar with the Fifth Amendment.

"And you're familiar that that applies to all persons in the United States?" the senator said. "So there's been a lot of concern about the several hundred immigrants who were swept off the streets of America and sent to El Salvador without due process."

Patel, however, said he wasn't "in a position" to judge the treatment of migrants.

"Senator, I don't know that I agree with your characterization," Patel replied.

"Well, that was my first question, whether or not you agree with the Fifth Amendment and are prepared to defend it," the Democratic lawmaker noted.

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