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FBI Hiring Policy on Bestiality Sparks Senate Scrutiny
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Core Event
At a recent Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel defended a revision to the bureau’s hiring standards that stops automatically disqualifying applicants who have engaged in bestiality. The change allows consideration of candidates who were allegedly forced into such conduct by human traffickers.
Background & Context
Under the prior policy, any involvement in bestiality—whether as the human participant or the animal—resulted in an automatic bar to FBI employment. Patel explained that the revision was prompted by cases in which victims of sex trafficking were compelled to perform “degrading acts of all kinds,” including bestiality, and that the bureau should not exclude those individuals outright.
Official Statements & Responses
Patel also noted that the bureau’s intent is to assess each applicant on a case-by-case basis rather than impose a blanket ban.
Verbatim Quotes
- “If Joe participated in bestiality, not as animal but as the human, don’t you think he ought to be disqualified?” — Sen. John Kennedy
- “Either side of what? The bestiality?” — Sen. John Kennedy
- “Well, I don’t think — we have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” — Kash Patel, FBI director
- “In fact, they ought to be in jail, right?” — Sen. John Kennedy