WATCH: Kash Patel Snaps Back, Shuts Down Dick Durbin's 'Gotcha' Question On J6 – EVOL

FBI director nominee Kash Patel may be sharing Washington, D.C.’s attention with a slew of other Trump nominees being grilled Thursday morning, but that didn’t stop him from going viral for slapping down a “gotcha” question lobbed by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).

The senior Illinois senator and member of Democratic leadership attempted to bait Patel into asking if America is “safer” following President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon all 1,600 J6 defendants, including those charged and convicted of inflicting violence that day.

Have they “been given an opportunity to come out of serving their sentences and live in our communities again?” Durbin, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Patel in a heated exchange.

The Trump nominee fired back, suggesting Durbin and Democratic senators stood by silently as former President Joe Biden pardoned a man guilty of killing federal agents.

“I’ve advocated for imprisoning those that cause harm to our law enforcement and civilian communities,” said Patel. “I also believe America is not safer because of President Biden’s commutation of a man who murdered two FBI agents. Agent Coler and Williams’ families deserve better than to have the man that at point-blank range fired a shotgun into

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