N.C., questioned whether his Democrat colleagues on the Judiciary committee were "still in high school" following their questions of Trump's pick for FBI director, Kash Patel.

President Donald Trump’s pick to head up federal law enforcement has faced criticism for maintaining a list of so-called “deep state” figures, including former President Joe Biden, and has sparked worries that he would prosecute political enemies.

Patel, a Trump loyalist who has railed against the FBI over its investigations into the president and claimed that Jan. 6 rioters were mistreated by the Justice Department, was picked in November to replace Christopher Wray.