Grassley, an Iowa republican, opened the audience by offering prayers to Those who died in the plane crash In the Potomac, Wednesday evening, Wednesday evening.
“This is a horrible and difficult to understand disaster requires answers,” he said.
Turning towards the appointment of the patel, Grassley underlined his history and stressed that he positions him well to direct the FBI.
“”Mr. Patel’s career was a study to combat unpopular but just causes, exposing corruption and putting America first, “he said.
Grassley warned that public confidence in the FBI has decreased and said the office had been in the grip of abuses, a lack of transparency and a weapon.
“It is your job to restore public confidence and bring the FBI to its main mission to fight crime,” he said.
Grassley has also refuted the claims that Patel has a so -called enemies list. In his book, Patel lists the names of more than 50 former or current American officials who, according to him, are part of “the deep state”, which leads to his criticism that he could use his post as director of the FBI for Target them with surveys.
But Grassley told the panel that a “list of enemies” is “not a fair characterization”.
“Mr. Patel identified those who, according to them, have put the policy and personal ambition on service in the country,” he said. “He called those who used institutions like the FBI to achieve their own personal gain. Mr. Patel said that he thought that people who do this should be named and that Americans deserve transparency so that they can Make their judgment, as they did during this last election.
He called on other attacks on “unfounded” patel and said that he had the necessary qualifications to lead the FBI at the time.
“If you are confirmed, you will take care of an FBI which is in crisis,” said Grassley.