‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar Spar Over Trump Cabinet Woes

The cohosts of The View got fired up about the first “Hot Topic” of the day on Wednesday’s (September 17) live edition. The panelists — Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin — started the day by reviewing footage of FBI Director Kash Patel’s contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in which he fielded questions about the department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and other matters. During the hearing, Patel snapped back at those Democratic senators who questioned his judgment and fitness for the role.

Hostin was the first to speak up and said Patel is “not qualified” for the bureau’s top job and that he had “despicable” behavior during the hearing that was “unbecoming of the office.” Haines then echoed her sentiments, saying, “He’s in way over his head… He’s the most unqualified person to run the FBI in the history of it.” She added, “He’s just drowning. That’s the problem, and that’s why we’re seeing things mishandled.” Griffin went on to question the truth of his statements during the hearing noting, “Kash Patel claimed that there is no credible information that Epstein trafficked to anyone but himself. I’m sorry, then, why is Ghislane Maxwell sitting in prison, convicted right now of sex trafficking?”