FBI Director Kash Patel faced another day of bruising questioning on Capitol Hill Wednesday, with members of the House Judiciary Committee pressing him over the bureau’s handling of the case files around Jeffrey Epstein.
Multiple representatives called out Patel for not releasing the so-called “Epstein files,” a position for which he advocated forcefully before assuming his current role. On Tuesday, Patel had testified that there was no “credible information” that Epstein’s victims had been trafficked to anyone else. On Wednesday, Patel acknowledged that he had not personally reviewed the files.
“We know these people exist in the FBI files, files that you control,” Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said. “I don’t know exactly who they are, but the FBI does. Have you launched any investigations