As if the FBI’s reputation weren’t already soiled enough, director Kash Patel recently lowered the agency’s hiring standards, and removed “acts of bestiality” as an automatic disqualifier. He was then summoned to Congress, where lawmakers confronted him on the change, and he had the most pathetic explanation as to why: “We did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who were trafficked….”
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Kash Patel defended his decision to drop the FBI’s non-bestiality hiring requirement before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
— AF Post (@AFpost) September 15, 2026
Patel told Senator Kennedy that the policy change is intended to ensure that victims of human trafficking forced into having sex with animals aren’t turned… pic.twitter.com/NgUZrmovml
First of all, I don’t give two craps about the “pressure” any of these pathetic lawmakers are applying to Patel and the FBI—they get zero credit because it’s all just theater. They’re not going to do anything but keep passing spending bills, paying Patel his full salary, and allowing the man to use taxpayer-funded private jets to fly around the country.
But they’re not wrong that removing “acts of bestiality” as an automatic disqualification is ridiculous.
Truly, my heart goes out to victims of sex trafficking, and there’s no doubt they’re victims to the fullest extent of the word, but being a victim of terrible circumstances should often disqualify a person from jobs that demand a serious level of ability, be it mental or physical. Jobs in the FBI should require both. What ridiculous “reasoning” for the lowered standards!
Maybe people who have been sex trafficked and forced to commit obscene acts aren’t the best candidates? Maybe they’re a little messed up from what they’ve experienced, and law enforcement roles probably aren’t the best places in the workforce for these individuals? It’s not “punishment” to not hire someone who’s not a good fit, it’s merely the fallout of a broken world that not everyone can be considered for every job. Government jobs should be staffed by competent people; the office should not reflect some DEI ideologue’s wet dream.
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What about other individuals who are victims of unfortunate or tragic circumstances?
Should paraplegics also be considered as FBI agents? I mean, we wouldn’t want to “punish” them for circumstances out of their control.
What about people with IQs of 65? Is it a “punishment” to reject their candidacies? It’s not like they can help their genetics.
Oh, and you know what else Patel changed? Theft from an employer is not a disqualifier, as long as you stole from your boss more than three years ago. I can’t possibly see how that could go wrong, inviting in people who have a proven history of thieving from their place of employment, and giving them access to U.S. government credit cards and tons of sensitive information.
Dare I say Patel’s bestiality-acceptance move is cultural? If you weren’t tracking, there was some legal snafu in India in recent years that essentially made bestiality a non-event; it used to be a felony, but now the offense has been quietly omitted from penal code updates, leaving it to be treated as a misdemeanor at best.
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