Patel Ends Automatic Bestiality Disqualification for FBI Applicants
TL;DR
FBI Director Kash Patel told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the bureau will no longer automatically disqualify applicants who admit to bestiality, saying the change protects trafficking victims coerced into sexual acts with animals. He stressed that anyone who actually committed such acts could still be disqualified, as bipartisan questions arose about the policy’s implications.
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- GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: ‘Why would you get into bestiality?’ The Hill
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