Video from a statement by Adam Schiff
Sen. Adam Schiff asks FBI Director Kash Patel whether agents were fired for working on the Trump investigations, at the Senate Judiciary Committee's Sept. 15, 2026 FBI oversight hearing.
Excerpt from about 4:11:59 to 4:14:16 of the Senate Judiciary Committee's archived video of the hearing. The PBS News Hour video cited for this source shows the same exchange. DI added its logo in the corner.
Video: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Public domain (U.S. government work) (opens in a new tab)
Watch the full original video (opens in a new tab) (relevant passage: Video, 0:00-6:45 (Patel at 1:14 and 5:00-5:14; Schiff at 6:24-6:45))
After Patel says he has answered whether any agents were fired for working on the Trump investigations, Schiff tells him the FBI is being sued for wrongful termination and says the next Congress will investigate the firings of potentially hundreds of agents for working on properly predicated investigations.
“while this Congress is not going to investigate the wrongful termination of potentially hundreds of agents for working on properly predicated investigations. The next Congress will.”