{"id":2146336,"date":"2026-09-15T17:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2146336"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:11:05","slug":"kash-patel-grilled-about-bestiality-rules-in-fbi-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2146336","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel Grilled About Bestiality Rules in FBI Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/42\/16by9\/2026\/09\/15\/42011a29de5a4f6a9bba48c34f5a41e3_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Kash Patel Grilled About Bestiality Rules in FBI Hiring<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Kash Patel Senate Hearing<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">So, the FBI&#8217;s Cool with Bestiality???<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">See the Bizarre Exchange<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-15T10:11:05-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202609\"><br \/>\n                September 15, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            10:11 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-1df097a2a95a2a199e92a7b39e525d99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-da389824-b288-4bd8-b8fd-cf27af7a9627-144723834-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f6\/16by9\/2026\/09\/15\/f6947a5ae13f43fba5b28be523f06be5_md.png\" alt=\"091526_kash_patel_beastiality_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-da389824-b288-4bd8-b8fd-cf27af7a9627-144723834-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">WHAT DID HE SAY???<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/kash-patel-grilled-about-bestiality-rules-for-fbi-agents-09-15-2026\/\">Video: Kash Patel Pressed On FBI Hiring Rules Involving Bestiality Habits<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">PBS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a2d6fa172959d8c4aeb65eb449267ec5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kash-patel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Kash Patel<\/strong><\/a> is feeling the heat on Capitol Hill over the FBI removing bestiality as a disqualifier to become an agent &#8230; a regulation that, as you can imagine, raised a bunch of eyebrows.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2e6fac528f9522fdc730db730b7af932\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The FBI Director testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about oversight of his agency, and when Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/john-kennedy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>John Kennedy<\/strong><\/a> grilled Patel regarding the bureau\u2019s recent policy change, things got weird.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-10023ef83499aef72d0959638ce91689\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250530_36bc050503534495bf13c0bdb02a86c7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f0570e8c-7de9-441e-a7a7-8c6921e9fda3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/36\/4by3\/2025\/05\/30\/36bc050503534495bf13c0bdb02a86c7_md.jpg\" alt=\"kash patel sworn in sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-70218003fbe63d1639a67c27b559ae52\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Patel explained the previous system automatically removed any FBI candidates who&#8217;d been involved in bestiality or prostitution &#8220;on either side of it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7dabe6fb1a98fa3497267731c3a7a8aa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>That &#8220;either side&#8221; remark clearly threw Kennedy for a loop, because he fired back &#8230; &#8220;So you disqualified the animal?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-afc0c90cc3d9468073e4269bfd5efc92\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260915_fcb7a1a481a64a6faa6e94efb7385b4e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f0570e8c-7de9-441e-a7a7-8c6921e9fda3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fc\/4by3\/2026\/09\/15\/fcb7a1a481a64a6faa6e94efb7385b4e_md.jpg\" alt=\"FBI K-9 dog getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-939d1b1d6efb94fd903a7a9d6b5a7677\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Director Patel oddly responded, &#8220;We have great K-9s, but we&#8217;re not gonna disqualify.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-12fa1fb442f8f245d981dd5053dc88e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Lots of perplexed looks as Kennedy said, &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to understand why you did this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ab80698eea8d12eaba91f05d53222f3e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The exchanges on the topic got more heated, but what Patel was trying to make clear is the FBI no longer automatically disqualifies candidates if they&#8217;re victims of prostitution, trafficking or bestiality.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-83b247d47ac5df40ee3d102816b350b1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for how someone could be a victim of bestiality &#8230; Patel said a person could be forced to do it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9814e9647df6201ed30694562dbbf3fe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And now everyone&#8217;s thinking about &#8220;Deliverance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/15\/kash-patel-asked-about-bestiality-rules-for-fbi-agents\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:f0570e8c-7de9-441e-a7a7-8c6921e9fda3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/15\/kash-patel-asked-about-bestiality-rules-for-fbi-agents\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:f0570e8c-7de9-441e-a7a7-8c6921e9fda3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/11\/kash-patel-ordered-fbi-to-respond-to-critical-posts-about-him\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:f0570e8c-7de9-441e-a7a7-8c6921e9fda3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bd\/16by9\/2026\/09\/11\/bd3d867858ad469d919732a23f625119_xs.jpg\" alt=\"Kash Patel getty main\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Kash Patel Ordered FBI Official to Respond to Posts Criticizing Him Over Epstein<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/14\/kash-patel-snorkel-during-hawaii-work-trip\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:f0570e8c-7de9-441e-a7a7-8c6921e9fda3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6d\/16by9\/2026\/05\/14\/6d72145d71d44f348a90414878bf67c9_xs.jpg\" alt=\"main-kash-patel-getty-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        FBI Chief Kash Patel Went for &#8216;VIP Snorkel&#8217; 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