"At critical stages of an investigation, shut up and let the professionals do their job," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told Patel on Tuesday.

Kash Patel has come under scrutiny for his investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassin which saw two men wrongly detained among other controversies.

By prematurely declaring the suspect was in custody, Patel further damaged his credibility, which was already undermined by the Epstein case.