FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take heat from the right and the left in back-to-back appearances before Congress amid heightened scrutiny of his performance leading one of the nation’s top investigative agencies.

Patel is set to appear before the Senate and House Judiciary committees starting Tuesday, just days after the FBI response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk prompted a flood of GOP criticism about how the director handled the case.

The director is also sure to face questions about the scores of firings that have rocked the bureau, the FBI’s role in reviewing the Epstein files and a number of other moves that Democrats argue have politicized the FBI.

Patel is not shying away from conflict.

When Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) posted a video on the social platform X running through past Patel statements he planned to use as fodder for his questions, the director shot back.

"Let’s find out who law enforcement backs… and who supports defunding the police- answer coming tomorrow, but we already know," Patel responded.

A longtime ally of President Trump who has been a vocal critic of the multiple investigations into the president, Patel was confirmed in February in a strict party-line vote.

But in the wake of the Kirk shooting,........

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