DURBIN, SENATE JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS SCRUTINIZE DIRECTOR PATEL'S DECISION TO GUT FBI'S HIRING STANDARDS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Ahead of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel's testimony in tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing conducting oversight on the agency, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led all Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Director Patel demanding answers about the FBI's recent decision to gut hiring standards. In June, the FBI reportedly revised their hiring policy to remove theft from an employer, sex solicitation, and bestiality from the list of automatic hiring disqualifications; however, some of these changes may have been quietly implemented...