According to a Pennsylvania newspaper, Kash Patel, who was nominated by President-elect Trump to head the FBI, met with U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) and said that if the Senate approves him for the post, he will be appointed by President-elect Trump. He said he had no intention of targeting his enemies. Senator.
In an interview on ABC News' “This Week,” Fetterman told Jonathan Karl that when he met with Patel this week, he said that despite Patel's past statements to the contrary, He said he told them he had no intention of targeting the enemy.
Fetterman said the entire conversation was off the record and did not go into details. Still, when asked about Patel's past comments about targeting Trump's enemies, Fetterman said, “Absolutely…that would never happen.”
“Not really,” Fetterman added. “That's his argument.”
Fetterman, one of the few Democratic senators willing to meet with Trump's nominee for the top post when he takes the oath of office next month, said he had learned more about Patel's family's U.S. immigrant origins. Fetterman also said in the Defender that he did not know that Patel was a public figure.
When asked if he liked Patel more than expected and if he felt like he was rooting for him, Fetterman replied, “It's about how much you can absorb in 30 minutes.” Ta.
But he said he doesn't regret meeting with the people Trump chose.
“I've learned different things and heard different things, but I don't regret going through them. I said in those interviews, 'It was a waste of time,' 'I don't regret it. There was never a time when I left my seat saying, ”
