00:00Worn in as director more than 200 days ago, now the black book is under your direct control.
00:05So why haven't you released the names of Epstein's co-conspirators in the rape and sex trafficking of young women and girls?
00:12We have released more material than anyone else before.
00:15The Biden administration, Obama administration had the exact opportunities to release this material and they never did.
00:20And if you are selling the men and women of the FBI, we're not going after child predators.
00:23Hang on, you said we're not going after child predators.
00:261,500 child predators arrested this year.
00:2835% increase, 4,700 child victims now.
00:31Mr. Chairman, I'm going to reclaim my time if you can instruct the witness.
00:33And let me make something crystal clear.
00:35I never said Jeffrey Epstein didn't traffic other people, other women, and they're not other victims.
00:40This is the investigation we were given from 2006, 7, and 8 and the search warrants from 2006, 7, and 8.
00:46Everything the court has allowed us to release.
00:48Which court are you talking about?
00:49Three separate federal courts have come in and said.
00:52We're talking about the evidence you've got.
00:54It's got nothing to do with what those courts have.
00:56Do you have any idea how the law works?
00:58Director Patel, before you joined the FBI, you railed against it for covering up Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring.
01:04Let me refresh your memory with this clip.
01:07So you finished that December 2023 interview with a challenge to the FBI and harsh words for Republicans in Congress for not getting the Epstein files out to the public.
01:16Put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are, you said.
01:22You emphasized that the president and the FBI director each had complete authority to release Epstein's client list.
01:29You said Epstein's black book is under the, quote, direct control of the director of the FBI.
01:34Look at this clip.
01:34All right.
01:35So you were sworn in as director more than 200 days ago.
01:38Now the black book is under your direct control.
01:41So why haven't you released the names of Epstein's co-conspirators in the rape and sex trafficking of young women and girls?
01:49The Rolodex, which is what everybody colloquially refers to as the black book, has been released.
01:55Oh, no, you're talking about what the journalist got five years ago?
01:58No, that's not what we're talking about.
02:00We're talking about what you were talking about there.
02:02The black book under the direct control of the FBI director.
02:05We have released more material than anyone else before.
02:08The Biden administration, Obama administration had the exact opportunities to release this material, and they never did.
02:13And if you are selling the men and women of the FBI, we're not going after child predators.
02:16Hang on.
02:17You said we're not going after child predators.
02:191,500 child predators arrested this year.
02:22Thirty-five percent increase.
02:23I'll reclaim my time.
02:244,700 child victims now.
02:24Mr. Chairman, I'm going to reclaim my time if you can instruct the witness.
02:28Why have you changed your position?
02:29There you were saying it's under the direct control of the FBI director and all of it should be released.
02:36Why have you changed your position?
02:37Everything that has been lawfully permitted to be released has been released.
02:42And as I told you, the investigation was limited.
02:45And let me make something crystal clear.
02:46I never said Jeffrey Epstein didn't traffic other people, other women, and they're not other victims.
02:51This is the investigation we were given from 2006, 2007, and 2008, and the search warrant from 2006, 2007, and 2008.
02:57That's what we're working with.
02:58Wait, have you released all of the stuff that the FBI has seized from Epstein's house?
03:04The computers, the emails, the file cabinets, the documents?
03:07What about the financial records?
03:09Have you released all of that?
03:10Everything the court has allowed us to release.
03:12Which court are you talking about?
03:13Three separate federal courts have come in and said.
03:17We're talking about the evidence you've got.
03:18It's got nothing to do with what those courts have.
03:20Do you have any idea how the law works?
03:22Wait a minute.
03:23Do you want me to break the law in a federal judge's order to satisfy your curiosity?
03:25No, I want you to follow your own word, Director Patel.
03:28You said up there it was under the direct control of the FBI director.
03:32He had the black book.
03:33And everything I have direct control over, we have gone to court.
03:37You haven't.
03:37Complete your sentence.
03:38Everything you have direct control over, you said.
03:41We have gone to court and everything we have direct control over.
03:44Complete your sentence.
03:45You said everything.
03:45And can lawfully release, we're releasing.
03:48You'd like to complete his answer.
03:49You began the sentence, everything you have direct control over, I, and then you stopped
03:55that sentence.
03:56You've released everything that you have direct control over?
03:58I have direct control over and can lawfully release.
04:02If you're not familiar with the court orders, that's not my fault.
04:04Oh, I'm perfectly familiar with them.
04:07But how did we prosecute Ghislaine Maxwell?
04:11She was prosecuted with the investigatory material that was collected from 2001 and 2005.
04:18Because of the non-prosecution agreements and the court orders on the investigations and
04:24search warrants, we were not able to develop new information.
04:27And oh, by the way, Jeffrey Epstein was out for 12 years.
04:30And the Obama and Biden administration did nothing to look at his work, his pedophile
04:34network.
04:34If you want to blame me, that's fine.
04:36But now you're blaming the men and women who conducted this great search.
04:38No, stop that.
04:39I'm not blaming anybody other than you.
04:40You're not keeping your word.
04:42You said that you would release all of the materials under your direct control.
04:44You have more information on Epstein than I have.
04:47Has anyone?
04:47Much more.
04:48Did Comey?
04:48Did Ray?
04:49Much, much more.
04:50Did they?
04:50Excuse me.
04:51Much more has come out in the days since the American people in Congress have been demanding
04:55it.
04:56But it's coming out in dribs and drabs.
04:58Why don't you just release the entire file as you promised to do?
05:01I literally just told you.
05:03There are multiple federal court orders.
05:04I'm not going to break the law to satisfy your curiosity.
05:08You didn't join us when we filed court to release the court orders.
05:12You could have.
05:13You have lawyers.
05:13You could have shown up.
05:15You didn't do that.
05:15That's a tiny fraction of the material we're talking about.
05:18That is not.
05:18It is a tiny fraction.
05:19How do you know that?
05:20Have you seen everything?
05:21It's all misdirection.
05:22How do you know that?
05:22The time of the gentleman has expired.
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