Texas congresswomen accused of making bogus charge against FBI director
Federalist Wire: During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on September 17, 2025, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused FBI Director Kash Patel of creating an environment where only “white supremacists” feel safe, dismissing his reported crime reduction statistics and questioning the FBI’s effectiveness. Crockett specifically criticized the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10, stating, “Honestly, if it weren’t for parents deciding they were going to turn in their child it seems you all wouldn’t have got there, even though he literally confessed online.” She urged Patel to address a supposed “white supremacy problem,” despite his Indian American background and Hindu upbringing, which Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) noted would have appalled former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, a known white nationalist. Patel responded, “I don’t give a damn what they say about me as long as I’m succeeding in the mission. W...