A heated exchange erupted Tuesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing when FBI Director Kash Patel defended physical fitness standards for incoming special agents, including a pullup requirement that Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) criticized as disproportionately affecting female applicants.

The dispute began when Hirono questioned Patel on recent changes to FBI recruitment standards, specifically the newly implemented requirement that all applicants must complete a single pullup to pass the agency’s physical fitness test.

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