FBI director Kash Patel wears Liverpool FC tie to US Senate hearing
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View image in fullscreenFBI director Kash Patel wears Liverpool FC tie to US Senate hearingThe FBI director’s seeming fandom of the Premier League club also represents an unexpected clash of politics
FBI director Kash Patel appeared for a hearing in front of the US Senate judiciary committee wearing a tie featuring the logo of English Premier League side Liverpool on Tuesday.
The tie drew questions across social media.
For another, Patel has not publicly expressed fandom for Liverpool in the past – at least not in words.
He has previously been photographed wearing Liverpool ties on at least two separate occasions, though.
By that time, Patel had been confirmed as director of the FBI.
Notably, Patel wore the same thick-striped tie featuring the Liverpool logo on the bottom at both those events, while the one he wore for Tuesday’s hearing is different, with thinner stripes and a more prominent logo (the “heritage tie,” currently available on Liverpool’s official club shop for £15).
His apparent ownership of multiple Liverpool ties would indicate that his wearing of them is not a fluke.
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On Tuesday, Patel’s hearing in front the judiciary committee turned contentious at various points.
The FBI director got into a shouting match with US senators Cory Booker and Adam Schiff, defending his leadership of the agency, his firing of longtime employees involved in investigations into the attacks on the Capitol on 6 January 2021, and his tweet announcing that law enforcement had a “subject” in custody for the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which turned out to be premature.
“I don’t see it as a mistake, I see it as something – working with the public to identify that there was a subject in custody,” Patel told senators.
If Patel does support Liverpool, it would represent a stark clash of political allegiances.