2026-09-15T20:26:40.977Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：汉娜·拉宾诺维茨
更新于2026年9月15日，美国东部时间下午4:52
发布于2026年9月15日，美国东部时间下午4:26
FBI局长卡什·帕特尔将兽交列为联邦调查局求职者自动取消资格项的决定周二引发两党质疑，此前他表示，这一调整旨在保护被迫与动物发生性行为的人口贩运受害者。
美国联邦调查局此前会自动取消承认从事包括卖淫或兽交（人类与动物之间的性行为）在内的犯罪行为的人的资格。如今，求职者不会再因这些行为被自动取消资格。
帕特尔周二在参议院司法委员会作证时表示，出台新规定是因为“我们不想惩罚兽交受害者，也就是被贩运的受害者”。
“我们不想让你因为是这些可怕恶行的受害者，就被自动取消考虑担任联邦调查局职务的资格，”他说道。
两党参议员立刻就帕特尔所说的兽交“受害者”具体指什么展开追问。
“你为什么要扯进兽交这件事？”共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪向帕特尔发问。
“我们没有扯进兽交，”帕特尔回应道，随即被肯尼迪打断。
“我知道你们没有，但你修改了任职资格，还提到了兽交，”肯尼迪说道，要求帕特尔进一步解释。帕特尔指出，有些前人口贩运受害者曾因被迫参与兽交而被取消工作资格。
“但你今天不是在说，如果一个人和动物发生了性关系，他仍然可以成为联邦调查局特工，对吗？”肯尼迪问道。
“没错，”帕特尔说道。
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除招聘政策外，帕特尔还被问及有关亚历克斯·普雷蒂和蕾妮·古兹死亡事件的 ongoing 调查、职业联邦调查局官员被解雇一事，以及该局为即将到来的中期选举开展巡逻的计划。
在其中一些议题上——比如普雷蒂和古兹事件——帕特尔拒绝透露相关信息，理由是调查仍在进行中。至于大规模员工离职现象，帕特尔表示，大多数人是退休，而被解雇的员工曾“利用”联邦政府谋取私利。
在被问及选举相关问题时，帕特尔表示，联邦调查局将“把我们的特工和情报分析师部署在负责选举安全的外勤办公室”，但他对该局被禁止派员前往投票站的说法表示一定程度的质疑。
“你是否承诺，在11月美国民众前往投票时，你绝不会以任何方式干涉美国人民的意志？”民主党参议员彼得·韦尔奇问道。
帕特尔表示：“我明确承诺，我不会参与你们这场充满谎言的闹剧。”
Kash Patel defends removing bestiality as automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants
2026-09-15T20:26:40.977Z / CNN
By Hannah Rabinowitz
Updated Sep 15, 2026, 4:52 PM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2026, 4:26 PM ET
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Tuesday.
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FBI Director Kash Patel’s decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI job applicants drew bipartisan disbelief Tuesday after he said the change was intended to protect trafficking victims coerced into sexual acts with animals.
The FBI previously automatically disqualified people who acknowledged engaging in crimes including prostitution or bestiality, which is sexual activity between a human and an animal. Now applicants won’t automatically be disqualified for those acts.
Patel said in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that the new rules were put in place because “we did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who were trafficked.”
“We did not want to make it an automatic disqualification for the FBI to consider you if you are a victim of these awful heinous acts,” he said.
Senators across party lines immediately zeroed in on what Patel meant by “victims” of bestiality.
“Why would you even get into bestiality?” Republican Sen. John Kennedy asked Patel.
“We are not into bestiality,” Patel responded, before the senator cut him off.
“I know you’re not, but you changed the qualifications and mentioned bestiality,” Kennedy said, pushing for further explanation. Patel noted that some former trafficking victims had been disqualified for a job because they were forced into bestiality.
“But you’re not telling us today that if a human being had sex with an animal, that they can still be an FBI agent,” Kennedy asked.
“No, Patel said.
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Outside of hiring practices, Patel was pressed on the ongoing investigations into the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Goods, the ousting of career FBI employees, and the bureau’s plans to patrol the upcoming midterm elections.
On some of those topics — like the Pretti and Good matters — Patel declined to share information because investigations were ongoing. As for the mass exodus of employees, Patel said that most retired and that those fired had “weaponized” the federal government.
In response to questions on the election, Patel said that the FBI was going to “house our agents and intel analysts in our field offices for election security,” but expressed some skepticism that the bureau is barred from sending agents to the polls.
“Do you pledge that you will not, in any way, interfere in the will of the American people when they go to the polls in November,” Democratic Sen. Peter Welch asked.
Patel said, “I pledge unequivocally that I will not participate in your charade of lies.”
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