FBI Director-designate Kash Patel responded furiously to Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as the lawmaker challenged him to face Capitol Police and implied he supported violence against them.

Schiff pressed Patel over his help promoting a recording of the Jan. 6 prisoners to raise money for their families. The California Democrat urged Patel to look at Capitol Police officers in the room.

"I want you to look at them if you can, if you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel, and tell them you're proud of what you did," Schiff said. "Tell them you're proud that you raised money off of people that assaulted their colleagues, that pepper sprayed them, that beat them with poles. Tell them you're proud of what you did. Mr. Patel, they're right there. They're guarding you today. Tell them how proud you are."

"That's an abject lie and you know it!" Patel fumed. "I've never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement. I've worked with these men and women as you know you go and I did not make a single dime out of it."

"Well, let me, let me, let you ask them if I have their back. So let's see about that answer," he retorted.