Topic: senate-judiciary
Jack Smith never gave the meme’s toll-records answer to Sen. John Kennedy
Verdicts: 1 True, 2 Mixed, 1 Unproven, 2 False
Kennedy did ask Smith about Democrats’ phone records on Sept. 29. Smith’s real answer differs from the meme, and records show Democrats’ texts were swept in.
Patel meets the FBI’s agent education rules but exceeds its age limit
Verdicts: 1 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed
On the FBI’s published entry criteria Patel clears education and experience easily. The one rule he fails is the age ceiling, which also excluded Freeh, Mueller, Comey and Wray.
The FBI’s relaxed bestiality rule turns on age, not coercion
Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 Misleading, 1 False
Patel told the Senate the FBI’s relaxed bestiality rule shields coerced victims. The criterion reported from the June memo turns on whether the applicant was under 18, not on coercion.