At the explosive September 17, 2025 congressional hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel was pressed repeatedly over the viral Epstein email leaks alleging the existence of Trump’s photos with “bikini girls.” Lawmakers grilled Patel on whether such images were ever recovered during the Epstein investigation and whether he intended to release or “leak” any materials linked to Trump.
00:00Does Donald Trump appear anywhere in the Epstein file?
00:02We have released where President Trump's names in the Epstein files and everybody else
00:08and all credible information that we are illegally allowed to release has been released.
00:13They are unsealed as part of discovery given to Ghislaine Maxwell.
00:18They are no longer sealed.
00:19That's just not true. We can argue about it all you want.
00:22You are not releasing all of the videos that you have acknowledged.
00:26There are so many and that the FBI spent thousands of hours of reviewing.
00:31The overwhelming majority of that video is pornographic material that was downloaded
00:37from the Internet and child sexual abuse material.
00:40We will never release that.
00:42Well, as you should not release the victims.
00:44But if there are videos that relate to others who Epstein trafficked to,
00:49such as maybe Prince Andrew or photographs,
00:52that you have total control to release.
00:57Yes, and if it exists...
00:58And so why haven't you released it?
01:00Why are you supposing that that is a fact when in fact it is false?
01:04You're saying that none of the videos relate to anything relevant to the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking?
01:09Every single video that we have collected pursuant to the prior search warrants
01:14has been examined for the last 10 years.
01:16Does Donald Trump appear anywhere in the Epstein files?
01:22I'm sorry, could you say that again?
01:24It's not a complicated question.
01:26Does Donald Trump appear anywhere in the Epstein files?
01:29I didn't say it was a complicated question.
01:30I just didn't hear you, so my apologies.
01:33We have released where President Trump's name is in the Epstein files and everybody else.
01:39And all credible information that we are illegally allowed to release has been released.
01:44All right, so let's go through that.
01:45You're referring to court orders that prohibit you from releasing grand jury testimony under Rule 6E.
01:56Is that what you're referring to when you say the law allows?
01:59That's a piece of it.
02:01Really?
02:01What other evidence do those three court orders you cited prohibit from being released?
02:09Information that was collected pursuant to those search warrants that were limited in fashion.
02:14Wrong.
02:15That's not what the court order says, and that's not under 6E.
02:18And you're talking, and I said that's 6E, and I said there was others, and I'm answering that.
02:22There are sealed court order documents.
02:24There are protective orders.
02:25They are unsealed as part of discovery given to Ghislaine Maxwell.
02:29They are no longer sealed.
02:31That's just not true.
02:32We can argue about it all you want.
02:33Okay, well, you agree that there are – so wait, your testimony here is that the reason why you are not releasing all of the videos that you have acknowledged, there are so many, and that the FBI spent thousands of hours of reviewing the photographs, all of the – and the photographs that you have.
02:52You're saying that you're not releasing those because there's a court order requiring them to be sealed?
02:59Is that your testimony?
03:00Never said that about the videos.
03:01On the totality of the videos, of the thousands of images that were seized pursuant to the search warrants executed at the time, the overwhelming majority of that video is pornographic material that was downloaded from the Internet and child sexual abuse material.
03:19We will never release that.
03:21Well, as you should not release the victims.
03:23But if there are videos that relate to others who Epstein trafficked to, such as maybe Prince Andrew or photographs, that you have total control to release.
03:36Yes, and if it exists –
03:37And so why haven't you released it?
03:39Why are you supposing that that is a fact when, in fact, it is false?
03:43Are you saying that –
03:44You're saying that none of the videos relate to anything relevant to the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking ring?
03:50Every single video that we have collected pursuant to the prior search warrants has been examined for the last 10 years, and every single video has been utilized for whatever prosecutions were able to be legally brought.
04:03I'm not asking about prosecutions. I'm asking about why you aren't releasing the full Epstein files, including the names of people who were involved in the sex ring, that you promised to do before you became FBI director.
04:19I just told you I'm not going to release downloaded porn of children on the Internet.
04:21I'm not asking about that. Fine. I'm asking about all the other files.
04:25What other videos? Tell me. Tell me.
04:28That's what I'm asking. You're saying there are no videos that would be relevant to anyone else involved in the Jeffrey Epstein sex ring?
04:36Pursuant to Mr. Acosta's collection of information based on the search warrants. That's all we have in our possession.
04:43I understand. And I'm asking you. That stuff.
04:45That's all we got.
04:46I'm not asking all you got. I'm asking you. In that stuff, there's nothing that's related to any other sex trafficking, any other people engaged with Epstein in underage sex.
04:56That's correct. To my knowledge, no.
04:57Okay. Let's talk about the witness interviews. 302s of witness interviews. Those are not subject to the court order. Those are not subject to any fictional sealed order for a search warrant. Why aren't you releasing those with the redacted names of the victims?
05:14We are releasing as much as legally allowed. That's why we went back to court.
05:17How is that not legally allowed?
05:20Sir, do you know how court orders work? Do you know how protective orders work?
05:22Actually, Mr. Patel, I was a prosecutor, a real prosecutor for 10 years. I know exactly how court orders.
05:27Oh, so I was a fake one?
05:29And I want to understand what the court order prevents you from releasing witness statements that the FBI took.
05:36You should know that. As a real prosecutor, when the court hand downs a protective order and a motion to seal, the material is sealed unless that just reads it.
05:44The truth is that all of those witness statements are under a court order, a protective order.
05:52We are providing everything we can legally provide.
05:56Now, that's not my question.
05:57My question is, why are those witness statements that are not grand jury testimony, that if they were under a protective order, are no longer under a protective order, why are they not being released?
06:08How are they not under a protective order?
06:10Why are you not going to the court like you did for the grand jury testimony to unseal those records?
06:16The DOJ did go to the court.
06:18No, not on those records. Why aren't you going? You just went on grand jury.
06:21The time of the gentleman is expired.
06:23You are hiding the Epstein files, Mr. Patel.
06:25The time of the gentleman is expired.
06:26You are part of the cover-up.
06:28Can I respond?
06:30Sure can.
06:30Any allegations that I'm a part of a cover-up to protect child sexual trafficking and victims of human trafficking and sexual crimes is patently and categorically false in the work of my...
06:44So I hope you will talk to them when they have requested to speak with you.
06:48Because the victims have requested and you are not responding to them.
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