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riversedge

(82,458 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:33 AM 6 hrs ago

"Grassley, who has consistently defended Patel. asked the director in the letter to 'please explain why you dec



"Grassley, who has consistently defended Patel publicly, asked the director in the letter to 'please explain why you decided to purchase BMW vehicles instead of Chevy Suburbans,'" MSNOW reported.


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"For each trip where you used an FBI aircraft for personal travel, have you reimbursed the FBI as required by law? If yes, please provide the records," Grassley wrote in his May letter.

"For decades, regardless of which political party is in the White House, I have worked to ensure that taxpayer dollars are protected from waste, fraud, and abuse," Grassley stated.

As MSNOW indicated, Grassley has previously gone out on a limb in defense of a visibly incompetent Patel, something he now seems to regret.

"Grassley, who has consistently defended Patel publicly, asked the director in the letter to 'please explain why you decided to purchase BMW vehicles instead of Chevy Suburbans,'" MSNOW reported.

A separate letter from Congressional Democrats cited a crass, shocking incident involving Patel, who felt that a sacred World War II memorial was an ideal spot for merrymaking.

"[A] letter from Democrats reference[d] an incident last summer, when Patel was allowed by the military to take a VIP snorkeling trip in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, around the wreckage of the USS Arizona, where 1,177 sailors and Marines died during the Japanese attack in 1941.

"That excursion was first reported by The Associated Press and confirmed by Patel’s spokesman, who defended it as 'a historical tour to honor heroes who died' on the sunken aircraft carrier."...........................




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"Grassley, who has consistently defended Patel. asked the director in the letter to 'please explain why you dec (Original Post) riversedge 6 hrs ago OP
He should resign vapor2 6 hrs ago #1
Who in grassley's office grew a spine? JT45242 5 hrs ago #2
Maybe this old sodbuster Grassley can before he finally hopefully retires Janbdwl72 5 hrs ago #3

JT45242

(4,272 posts)
2. Who in grassley's office grew a spine?
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:11 AM
5 hrs ago

Notice nothing about protecting the pedophile class.

So at least grassley's office is on brand with that part ..

Janbdwl72

(320 posts)
3. Maybe this old sodbuster Grassley can before he finally hopefully retires
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 02:00 AM
5 hrs ago

Do something statesmanlike and on the side of Democracy like holding Patel accountable and doing so in a way that will awaken other sleeping Republicans enough to somehow result in the removal of Patel from an office he was never really qualified to hold in the first place.

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