Politics● LowSep 15 · Sep 15, 2026, 7:41 PM
Kash Patel’s bizarre Senate hearing went from an argument about bestiality to outright insults
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In one of the strangest Trump administration appearances yet, Patel made jokes about canines and had to clarify he is not ‘into’ animal sex before getting into a yelling match with a Democratic senator about the midterms, writes Holly Baxter
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