Watch | Trump’s FBI nominee Kash Patel touches parents’ feet, greets ‘Jai Shri Krishna’ at Senate hearing

Expressing gratitude to his household for traveling from India to be the hearing, Patel said, “I similar to invited my begetter and my mother, Anjana, who are sitting present today. They travelled to get present from India. My sister is besides here. She besides travelled the oceans conscionable to beryllium with maine present today. It means the satellite that you guys are here. Jai Shri Krishna.”

During the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham asked Patel if helium had ever faced racism. Patel confirmed that helium had, recalling a profoundly violative slur helium had encountered.

“Unfortunately, Senator, yes. I don’t privation to get into those details with my household here,” Patel said.

He continued, “I was called a detestable — and I’ll apologise if I don’t get it each right, but it’s successful the grounds — a detestable soil nigger who had nary close being successful this country. You should spell backmost to wherever you came from. You beryllium with your violent location friends. That’s what was sent to me. That’s conscionable a portion of it, but that’s thing compared to what the men and women successful instrumentality enforcement look each day.”

Who is Kash Patel?

Born successful New York successful 1980 to Gujarati parents, Patel spent portion of his puerility successful East Africa earlier returning to the US. He graduated from Garden City High School successful Long Island and aboriginal earned an undergraduate grade from the University of Richmond. He past completed his instrumentality grade and a certificate successful International Law from the University College London Faculty of Laws successful the United Kingdom.

Patel has held respective cardinal roles successful government, including serving arsenic the National Security Advisor and Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence (HPSCI).

If confirmed, Patel would marque past arsenic the archetypal Hindu and Indian American to service arsenic FBI Director.

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