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During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed FBI agents will be deployed to the polls this fall, saying he "will not shy away from that effort." Let it be known: this administration will do everything in its power to dissuade voters from showing up in November.

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“We have an election crimes community coordinator at all 56 offices,” Patel said. “So you bet we’re gonna have them there...for election interference matters.” The comments come after border czar Tom Homan said Sunday he does not plan to utilize ICE to "sweep polling locations."

democracydocket.comKash Patel suggests FBI agents may be at polls“I don’t know that we can’t legally do it,” Patel told lawmakers. “I’m telling you we’re going to house our agents and intel analysts in our field offices for election security.”

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Roberta Garber
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This is not new. FBI field offices had election command centers in 2024, and he did not say agents would be at the polls. Also, there are about 95,000 polling places in the U.S. Not at all minimizing their efforts to interfere or the need to be prepared, but they are trying to scare us.