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FBI Director Kash Patel and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., sparred over Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case files, a topic raised repeatedly on Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

Swalwell, one of several Democrats to grill Patel over the Department of Justice's handling of the files, demanded the director tell him about any mention of President Donald Trump in them. Patel was not receptive to Swalwell's line of questioning, leading to a profanity-laced back-and-forth.

"Your fixation on this matter and baseless accusations that I'm hiding child pedophiles is disgusting," Patel said.

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Swalwell zeroed in on Patel's conversations w

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