- Patel faces senators as critics question his leadership of the FBI
- Handling of Kirk shooting probe and Epstein files have drawn scrutiny from Trump allies
- Patel has sought to align FBI with Trump agenda
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - FBI Director Kash Patel told a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday there was no credible information that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women and underage girls to anyone but himself, seeking to defuse criticism of the Trump administration’s move to end its review of the case.
Patel’s disclosure about the late financier and convicted sex offender came as he angrily pushed back on questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his handling of the investigation into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the firings of veteran officials who have claimed they were removed for political reasons.
Patel told senators the FBI’s investigative files on Epstein were limited because a U.S. attorney in Florida improperly narrowed the scope of an investigation into Epstein two decades ago.
The Justice Department’s July decision not to release additional material enraged many of President Donald Trump’s hardline supporters, who expected his administration to reveal connections between Epstein, who died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, and other wealthy and powerful people.
“We have released all credible information,” Patel said.
That’s wild. You should have no problem releasing the files then. You know to prove your theory.
Getting by on the most technical basis possible, Epstein did traffic girls to his own properties and then invited the other perverts there. So he only trafficked girls to himself in the way that someone throwing a party only buys a 30 rack of beer themselves, not with everyone who will drink out of it there with them at the liquor store
But even then that’s demonstrably false. So many of the women and girls that “worked” as “massage girls” for him ended up married to his rich and powerful friends… His accusers all confirm they were many times “given”, for a limited time or permanently, to other powerful men.
This pathetic sycophantic yes man is literally betting we’ll forget things that were in mainstream media, being talked about by everyone, just a few months ago.