# FBI’s Kash Patel defends hiring policy change on bestiality, prostitution

https://mins.news/en/item/59588

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-15 16:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/15/fbis-kash-patel-defends-hiring-policy-change-on-bestiality-prostitution?traffic_source=rss

> FBI Director Kash Patel defended the bureau’s decision to loosen categorical hiring bans tied to past prostitution and bestiality, saying it would prevent victims of trafficking or coercion from being automatically disqualified. Republican Senator John Kennedy questioned the timing, while Democrats attacked Patel’s leadership and alleged politicisation of the bureau during a contentious Senate hearing.

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