Adam Schiff says New Orleans attack shows why Kash Patel shouldn’t lead FBI

Schiff says Trump's nominee lacks experience needed for FBI role and believes in deep state' conspiracy thinking

Adam Schiff says the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day demonstrates why Congress should reject Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, after his second presidency begins.

Kash Patel should not be confirmed," the California senator said on NBC's Meet the Press. I think the terrorist attack on New Orleans ... just underscores again the importance of having someone directing the FBI that has experience, that has judgment, that has character, [and] that will prioritize defending the country against the violence we saw in New Orleans" or that from Trump supporters during the US Capitol attack on 6 January 2021 after he lost the presidency to Joe Biden weeks earlier.