00:00Why have you not met with them?
00:02You said you haven't met with them.
00:03Have you met with them?
00:04I'll give you one more chance.
00:06My job as the FBI director is to invite all investigative leads.
00:09Is the answer yes or no to whether or not you met with these women who were sexually
00:14abused and raped?
00:17You appear to say that the survivors were not credible.
00:22I think what happened, Mr. Patel, is that suddenly you discovered that Donald Trump's
00:27name was all over these files and you started a giant cover up.
00:33So you.
00:34Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Patel, before you joined the FBI, you had very strong opinions
00:39about what the FBI was hiding regarding Jeffrey Epstein in a September 2023 interview with
00:44Glenn Beck.
00:45You said the black book is under the quote, direct control of the director of the FBI.
00:50In December 2023, you said, let us know who the pedophiles are.
00:54Even for a short time after becoming FBI director, in February of 2025, you tweeted, quote, there
01:00will be no cover ups, no missing documents, no stone left unturned.
01:05In June, you told Joe Rogan, quote, we've reviewed all the information.
01:10We're going to give you every single thing we have and can.
01:12But then suddenly in July, everything changed.
01:16You and Attorney General Pam Bondi released one video and said that there was nothing more
01:22to see your July memo says you uncovered more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence,
01:31but that you had decided no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.
01:36That is a quote.
01:37I think what happened, Mr. Patel, is that suddenly you discovered that Donald Trump's name was
01:43all over these files and you started a giant cover up.
01:48So you are under oath, Mr. Patel.
01:51You just testified to Mr. Swalwell that you did not speak to the president about the Epstein
01:57files.
01:58To your knowledge, did Attorney General Pam Bondi speak to the president about what was
02:04in the Epstein files?
02:05I can't speak for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
02:08So to your knowledge, you don't have any information.
02:12The question was, do you have any knowledge?
02:14Do you have any knowledge?
02:15I can't speak.
02:16You are refusing to answer the question.
02:18So let me tell you that the Wall Street Journal reported that in May, Bondi told Trump that
02:24he was in the Epstein files and at the same meeting said that the DOJ did not plan to release
02:30the files.
02:32Yesterday, you testified to Senator Kennedy that there was, quote, no credible information that
02:37Epstein traffic girls to anyone else and that you have, quote, continuously and publicly
02:43asked the public to come forward with more information and we'll look into it.
02:48Today, in response to Mr. Massey's question, you appear to say that the survivors were not
02:56credible.
02:57These are survivors.
02:58That's not at all what I said.
03:00Okay, great.
03:01I will ask you this in a second, but let me tell you about the survivors and let's bring
03:05them up here into the room.
03:07These are women who came to the Hill and testified that they were groomed and raped at the age
03:14of 14 and 16 years old and they called to meet with the president and to meet with the
03:20FBI and to have people investigate their claims.
03:24Some of them have never testified before.
03:26If you are so interested in getting the public to submit any information, why have you not
03:31met with them?
03:32You said you haven't met with them.
03:33Have you met with them?
03:34I'll give you one more chance.
03:36My job as the FBI director is to invite all investigative leads-
03:39Is the answer yes or no to whether or not you met with these women who were sexually abused
03:45and raped?
03:47Any insinuation by you or any people on your side that I am not manhunting child predators
03:53and sex traffickers, just look at the stats and you talk about cover-ups, man.
03:57Mr. Patel, Mr. Chairman, this is my time and I will take as much time as I want.
04:01Where were you during the Obama and Biden administrations when these so-called cover-ups
04:06were going on?
04:07Why did anyone in those administrations talk to any of these purported witnesses?
04:11Mr. Chairman, let's get some regular order, man.
04:13I have welcome every single person to provide credible information.
04:15Time belongs to the gentlelady from Washington.
04:17And I'm going to take another couple of minutes.
04:18When you accuse the witness of something, he's allowed to respond.
04:21That's how it works.
04:23Listen.
04:24He didn't even-
04:25Excuse me, Mr. Chairman.
04:26You have always been fair.
04:27Point of order.
04:28But this is not fair.
04:29No.
04:30This is my time.
04:31And he said that the witnesses were not credible.
04:34Seconds of time.
04:35I'm going to get an additional minute of time because that's how much time he took.
04:38You won't get a minute.
04:39You'll get some seconds.
04:40What we think is under five minutes.
04:42You don't get to demand how much time you get.
04:44That's not how it works.
04:45Mr. Patel, are the victims of the Jeffrey Epstein horrific trafficking ring?
04:53Are they credible?
04:55Any person with information about ongoing sexual trafficking-
05:00I'm asking you if they're credible.
05:02Ma'am, I'm commenting on the evidence we have.
05:04But I'm-
05:05We have routinely asked for people to come forward with more evidence and we will look
05:08at it.
05:09And the evidence that we have was the same evidence that the Biden and Obama Justice Department
05:13had.
05:14Mr. Patel, this is new-
05:15They determined, not me.
05:16They determined that that information was not credible.
05:18Mr. Chairman, he's not letting me even ask my questions.
05:20You ask the questions, he gives an answer.
05:22You may not like what he says, but that doesn't mean you're going to interrupt him.
05:25No, I'm asking.
05:26He's not answering my questions.
05:27Mr. Chairman, could we restore the gentlelady 45 seconds so she can complete her question?
05:29We will give her additional 30 seconds, which is what I said earlier.
05:32I'm going to keep taking my time.
05:33No, you'll take the time that you get.
05:34You get 30 seconds.
05:35Because here's the thing.
05:36You are not answering the question.
05:38The question is-
05:39I have.
05:40You just don't like the answer.
05:41Is these women-
05:42Are these women credible?
05:43It's a yes or no answer.
05:44I have answered the question.
05:46Well, what is the answer?
05:47I keep telling you, I'm the only FBI director that has welcomed new information in this case.
05:51Okay.
05:52This administration is the only one that has welcomed any new information in this case.
05:55Is there a yes or no to whether the victims are-
05:57Present new credible information.
05:59Present new information.
06:00Are the victims credible or not?
06:04I'll tell you what happened in the last Trump administration.
06:06Are they credible or not?
06:07You can't even say-
06:08Victims credibly came forward.
06:09And you know what happened?
06:10President Trump authorized the indictments of Jeffrey Epstein.
06:13President Trump called them a hoax.
06:14Not Biden.
06:15Not Obama.
06:16No one else.
06:17I would call the entire thing a democratic hoax.
06:20So I would like to ask-
06:22The general lady's time has expired.
06:23I gave her the additional 45 seconds she requested.
06:26The general lady yields back.
06:27The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for his five minutes.
06:28Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask if you would meet with the women who were sexually abused
06:34and raped and groomed at the ages of 14 and 16 years old.
06:41Are you going to cover up?
06:43Are you going to continue to cover up for the rich and powerful men, including those that
06:49might be on this committee?
06:51Or are you going to allow them to testify?
06:55Are you going to allow them to testify, Mr. Patel?
06:56Will you allow them to testify to you, Mr. Patel?
06:57Mr. Patel.
06:58Mr. Patel.
06:59Mr. Patel.
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