Rep Jayapal Goes Nuclear on Kash Patel During Explosive Hearing Over Epstein Files AC1G

I don't believe so, but I'll get back to you. Thank you. That'd be important. I appreciate that. I yield back. Kelman yields back, generally from Washington's recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Patel, before you joined the FBI, you had very strong opinions about what the FBI was hiding regarding Jeffrey Epstein. In a September 2023 interview with Glenn Beck, you said the Black Book is under the, quote, direct control of the director of the FBI. In December 2023, you said, let us know who the pedophiles are. Even for a short time after becoming FBI director, in February of 2025, you tweeted, quote, there will be no coverups, no missing documents, no stone left unturned. In June, you told Joe Rogan, quote, we've reviewed all the information. We're going to give you every single thing we have and can. But then suddenly in July, everything changed. You and Attorney General Pam Bondi released one video and said that there was nothing more to see. Your July memo says you uncovered more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence, but that you had decided no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted. That is a quote. I think what happened, Mr. Patel, is that suddenly you discovered that Donald Trump's name was all over these files and you started a giant coverup. So you are under oath, Mr. Patel. You just testified to Mr. Swalwell that you did not speak to the president about the Epstein files. To your knowledge, did Attorney General Pam Bondi speak to the president about what was in the Epstein files? I can't speak for Attorney General Pam Bondi. So to your knowledge, you don't have any information. The question was, do you have any knowledge? Do you have any knowledge? You are refusing to answer the question. So let me tell you that the Wall Street Journal reported that in May, Bondi told Trump that he was in the Epstein files and at the same meeting said that the DOJ did not plan to release the files. Yesterday, you testified to Senator Kennedy that there was, quote, no credible information that Epstein trafficked girls to anyone else and that you have, quote, continuously and publicly asked the public to come forward with more information and we'll look into it. Today, in response to Mr. Massey's question, you appear to say that the survivors were not credible. These are survivors. That's not at all what I said. Okay, great. I'm going to ask you this in a second, but let me tell you about the survivors and let's bring them up here into the room. These are women who came to the Hill and testified that they were groomed and raped at the age of 14 and 16 years old and they called to meet with the president and to meet with the FBI and to have people investigate their claims. Some of them have never testified before. If you are so interested in getting the public to submit any information, why have you not met with them? You said you haven't met with them. Have you met with them? I'll give you one more chance. My job as the FBI director is to- Is the answer yes or no to whether or not you met with these women who were sexually abused and raped? Any insinuation by you or any people on your side that I am not manhunting child predators and sex traffickers, just look at the stats. Mr. Patel, Mr. Chairman, this is my time and I will take as much time as I want. Where were you during the Obama and Biden administrations when these so-called cover-ups were going on? Why did anyone in those administrations talk to any of these purported witnesses? I have broken every single person to provide credible information. Time belongs to the gentlelady from Washington. When you accuse the witness of something, he's allowed to respond. That's how it works. Listen, he didn't even- Excuse me, Mr. Chairman, you have always been fair, but this is not fair. No, this is my time and he said that the witnesses were not credible. I'm going to get an additional minute of time because that's how much time he took. You'll get a minute. You'll get some seconds. What we think is under five minutes. You don't get to demand how much time you get. That's not how it works. Mr. Patel, are the victims of the Jeffrey Epstein horrific trafficking ring, are they credible? Any person with information about ongoing sexual trafficking- I'm asking you if they're credible. Ma'am, I'm commenting on the evidence we have. We have routinely asked for people to come forward with more evidence and we will look at it. The evidence that we have was the same evidence that the Biden and Obama Justice Departments had. They determined, not me, they determined that that information was not credible. Mr. Chairman, he's not letting me even ask my questions. You ask the questions, he gives an answer. You may not like what he says, but that doesn't mean you get to interrupt him. No, I'm asking, he's not answering my questions. Mr. Chairman, could we restore the gentlelady 45 seconds so she can- I'm going to keep taking my time. You are not answering the question. The question is, are these women credible? It's a yes or no answer. I have answered the question and I keep telling you, I'm the only FBI director that has welcomed new information in this case. This administration is the only one that has welcomed any new information in this case. Is there a yes or no- Present new credible information. Are the victims credible or not? I'll tell you what happened in the last Trump administration. Are they credible or not? You can't even say- Victims credibly came forward and you know what happened? President Trump authorized the indictments of Jeffrey Epstein, not Biden, not Obama, no one else. President Trump called the entire thing a democratic hoax. So I would like to ask- If you will meet, if you will meet, Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask if you would meet with the women who were sexually abused and raped and groomed at the ages of 14 and 16 years old. Are you going to cover up? Are you going to continue to cover up for the rich and powerful men, including those that might be on this committee? I can yell too, Mr. Chairman, but I don't want to yell about this. The time belongs to the gentleman from New Jersey. I appreciate the gentlelady yielding back. Mr. Patel, will you allow them to testify to you, Mr. Patel? Mr. Patel, thank you for being here. I know it's been interesting and difficult two days. And I wasn't going to talk about the Epstein thing because there's a lot of other issues that affect the FBI. But I have to say a few words. I've sat here, I've listened to this, I've watched it. And my democratic colleagues are so concerned now, Mr. Patel, all of a sudden, where were they last year? Where were they the year before? Where were they the year before that? Where was the last president in any of this? All I know, the only thing I-