According to a newly surfaced video clip, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) focused on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rejection of an offer to deploy thousands of National Guard soldiers ahead of a speech
by then-President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, during Kash Patel’s confirmation hearings to become the next FBI director.
As noted by the site Legal Insurrection, during the riot that day at the U.S. Capitol Building, Patel was serving as chief of staff to then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller. In this role, Patel had direct access to and knowledge of the government’s security arrangements at the time
