Add The New York Post on Google We got a glimpse at Kash Patel’s notes prepared for his grilling at a Tuesday oversight hearing on Capitol Hill, with one page titled, “DURBIN INFO.”
The FBI director came ready with several bullet points’ worth of jabs to make at Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) — several about the congressman’s wife, Loretta Schaefer Durbin.
The first line on Patel’s list points to Durbin’s wealth, asserting that it has “increased 364% since 1997.”
FBI Director Kash Patel waves after taking his seat at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Sept. 15. AFP via Getty Images FBI Director Kash Patel holds his notes with talking points against the ranking member of the committee, Dick Durbin, before testifying at an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. REUTERS “Wife has lobbying conflicts,” another line reads.
Schaefer Durbin created a lobbying firm with a partner in 1977, and went on to start a leadership institute in Illinois to help train Democratic women to run for office, according to The Sun.
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