Patel clashes with Klobuchar
Patel and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, clashed dramatically over a selection of his past comments. He repeatedly responded to the questions claiming he can't respond to partial quotes.
Patel eventually erupted.
"If the best attacks on me are going to be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility of the men and women at the FBI," he said
But it's not clear how much what Klobuchar and other Democrats have been citing was taken out of context.

For example, Patel strongly denied that he published an alleged "enemies list" at the end of his book "Government Gangsters," published in 2023.
Klobuchar did not say it was an "enemies list," but Patel still responded, "That is a total mischaracterization," and described it simply as "a glossary in the back" of the book.
In fact, as ABC News has previously reported, the book identifies 60 current and former officials as "Members of the Executive Branch Deep State" -- people who the book called "corrupt actors of the first order."
[A]ll those who manipulated evidence, hid exculpatory information, or in any way abused their authority for political ends must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," Patel wrote in his book.