FBI nominee Kash Patel said in his 2023 book that Adam Schiff was one of Washington’s “corrupt actors of the first order.” Thursday, Schiff, now a U.S. senator and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was given the opportunity to grill his detractor. And he did so, relentlessly.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) directed Kash Patel to turn around and face the Capitol Police officers in attendance for his confirmation hearing for FBI director after a line of questioning about January 6th prisoners.