CNN’s Honig Reports Trump-Supporting FBI Agents Are ‘Horrified’ by Kash Patel’s Performance

Michael Luciano Sep 16th, 2025, 11:39 pm

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig said FBI agents he knows who support President Donald Trump are aghast at the job performance of Trump’s handpicked director, Kash Patel .

Patel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and predictably, the hearing became something of a circus. The FBI director was grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), brawled with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and absolutely lost it on Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

The testimony came less than a week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk , who was gunned down on a Utah college campus. Shortly after the shooting, Patel tweeted tha

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