Disputes over the role of federal law enforcement agencies in and around elections, including claims about their presence, authority, or conduct near polling places.
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Michigan gubernatorial candidate John James said FBI Director Kash Patel privately told him the FBI would have a presence in Michigan before Election Day. Questioned at a Senate hearing, Patel neither confirmed nor denied it.
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Role at the time: FBI Director
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Kash Patel declined to give Sen. Peter Welch a direct pledge against FBI election interference, calling the request "a charade of lies."
“When did you hear that? It’s just another lie... I have pledged unequivocally that I will not participate in your charade of lies.”
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When Welch asked Patel to "pledge that you will not in any way interfere in the will of the American people when they go to the polls," Patel did not answer yes or no. Instead he called the question "just another lie" and said he had "pledged unequivocally that I will not participate in your charade of lies" — refusing to give the requested pledge rather than answering it.
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirmed 2025.
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U.S. Representative (R-MI-10) and 2026 Republican nominee for governor of Michigan.
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