{
  "id": 7635397,
  "title": "Cory Booker’s Kash Patel Questioning Triggers Shouting Match With Chuck Grassley: ‘Are You Ready to Shut Up?’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/cory-bookers-kash-patel-questioning-triggers-shouting-match-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T20:50:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/cory-booker-chuck-grassley-shouting-match-kash-patel/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Senators Cory Booker and Chuck Grassley engaged in a shouting match during FBI Director Kash Patel's hearing on Tuesday. The 92-year-old Republican questioned his younger colleague, \"Are you ready to shut up?\" Patel had been answering questions about the Bureau's use to pressure journalists. Booker pushed for his time as Patel interrupted him, leading to the altercation. Grassley, who chairs the committee, accused Booker of not giving him enough time and Booker replied that he respected Grassley but felt he was not being given a fair chance to ask questions. Grassley then asked Booker if he was \"special\" and deserved to continue on, to which Booker responded that they were all being treated unfairly due to the lack of transparency and accountability. The hearing was abruptly ended when a heckler was pulled out of the room.",
  "summary": "\"This is a mockery and a sham,\" Booker says of the FBI director's oversight hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee The post Cory Booker’s Kash Patel Questioning Triggers Shouting Match With Chuck Grassley: ‘Are You Ready to Shut Up?’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}