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Director of the FBI Kash Patel Fight against Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Wednesday oversight of the bureau.
Jeffrey Epstein’s case is at the center of the conflict, with several Democrats accusing Patel of recommitting to release all available information to the public. Meanwhile, Patel argued that the FBI’s undisclosed information was either under some form of legal restrictions or abusing the material and he would not release it.
“So, you were sworn in as director for over 200 days. Now, ‘Black Book’ is under your direct control. So why don’t you post the name of Epstein’s accomplice in rape and sexual trafficking of young women and girls?” Ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. ask.
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FBI Director Kash Patel (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Patel insists that the late financier’s Rolodex has been released. But Ruskin was not satisfied with the answer and further challenged Patel, who said no more material has been released. But Patel pushed back and warned that the Biden and Obama administrations had not released more materials on the case.
“All everything that has been legally released has been released,” Patel said. When Ruskin asked other other materials allegedly grabbed from Epstein’s home, he continued along the line, Patel repeated that everything allowed to be found by law was released.
Rep. Jamie Ruskin (D-Md. (Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)
“I won’t break the law to satisfy your curiosity,” Patel told Ruskin. Democratic lawmakers continued to insist that the FBI director sits on information that should be made public.
The next Democrat to be entangled with Patel is Rep. Dan Goldman, DN.Y. Donald Trump Appears in Epstein’s file. Before the inquiry proceeded, tensions between Goldman Sachs and Patel became clear when the FBI director asked New York members of Congress to repeat his questions. Before repeating what he asked, the MPs replied: “This is not a complicated issue.”
Goldman Sachs asks why videos or photos – maybe with Prince Andrew – The FBI can release it has not been made public. Patel rejected the question based on the “error” premise.
FBI Director Kash Patel testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 17, 2025. (Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)
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The two continued to clash about how much material was released, Goldman closed his time and said: “Mr. Patel, you are hiding Epstein’s archives. You are part of the cover-up.”
“Any allegation that I am part of the cover-up of protecting children’s sexual trafficking among victims of human trafficking and sexual crimes is obvious and absolutely wrong,” Patel said in his response.
When Democrats fought Patel, not only accusing him of covering up information about Epstein, but also ineligible, Republicans praised the changes implemented. In the FBI. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, passed a series of information that he called Patel public.
