00:00Born in his 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?
01:50The Rolodex, which is what everybody colloquially refers to as the black book, has been released.
01:56Oh, 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.
02:2235% increase.
02:23I'll reclaim my time.
02:244,700 child victims now.
02:25Mr. 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.
03:38You said everything you have direct control over, you said.
03:41We have gone to court and everything we have direct control over.
03:44Director, but don't complete your sentence.
03:45You said everything.
03:45And can lawfully release, we're releasing.
03:48He'd like to complete his answer.
03:50You began the sentence.
03:52Everything you have direct control over, I.
03:55And then you stopped that 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.
04:07Well, how did we prosecute Ghislaine Maxwell?
04:11She was prosecuted with the investigatory material that was collected from 2001 and 2005.
04:19Because of the non-prosecution agreements and the court orders on the investigations and search warrants,
04:24we 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 network.
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.
04:39No, stop that.
04:39I'm not blaming anybody other than you.
04:41You're not keeping your word.
04:42You said that you would release all of the materials under your direct control.
04:45Has anyone released more information on Epstein than I have?
04:47Has anyone?
04:47Much more.
04:48Did Comey?
04:48Did Ray?
04:49Much, much more.
04:50Excuse me.
04:51Much more has come out in the days since the American people in Congress have been demanding it.
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.
05:05I'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 not a 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.
05:24Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
05:25Mr. Patel, before you joined the FBI, you had very strong opinions about what the FBI was hiding regarding Jeffrey Epstein.
05:32In a September 2023 interview with Glenn Beck, you said the Black Book is under the, quote, direct control of the director of the FBI.
05:40In December 2023, you said, let us know who the pedophiles are.
05:44Even for a short time after becoming FBI director, in February of 2025, you tweeted, quote, there will be no cover-ups, no missing documents, no stone left unturned.
05:55In June, you told Joe Rogan, quote, we've reviewed all the information.
05:59We're going to give you every single thing we have and can.
06:02But then suddenly in July, everything changed.
06:06You and Attorney General Pam Bondi released one video and said that there was nothing more to see.
06:12Your 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.
06:26That is a quote.
06:27I think what happened, Mr. Patel, is that suddenly you discovered that Donald Trump's name was all over these files.
06:34And you started a giant cover-up.
06:38So you are under oath, Mr. Patel.
06:41You just testified to Mr. Swalwell that you did not speak to the president about the Epstein files.
06:48To your knowledge, did Attorney General Pam Bondi speak to the president about what was in the Epstein files?
06:56I can't speak for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
06:58So to your knowledge, you don't have any information.
07:02The question was, do you have any knowledge?
07:04Do you have any knowledge?
07:05I can't speak for Attorney General.
07:06You are refusing to answer the question.
07:07So let me tell you that the Wall Street Journal reported that in May, Bondi told Trump that he was in the Epstein files.
07:16And at the same meeting, said that the DOJ did not plan to release the files.
07:21Yesterday, you testified to Senator Kennedy that there was, quote, no credible information that Epstein trafficked girls to anyone else.
07:29And that you have, quote, continuously and publicly asked the public to come forward with more information.
07:36And we'll look into it.
07:37Today, in response to Mr. Massey's question, you appear to say that the survivors were not credible.
07:47These are survivors.
07:49That's not at all what I said.
07:50Okay, great.
07:51I'm going to ask you this in a second.
07:52But let me tell you about the survivors.
07:53Okay, well, then don't lie about me.
07:54And let's bring them up here into the room.
07:57These are women who came to the Hill and testified that they were groomed and raped at the age of 14 and 16 years old.
08:06And they called to meet with the president and to meet with the FBI and to have people investigate their claims.
08:14Some of them have never testified before.
08:16If you are so interested in getting the public to submit any information, why have you not met with them?
08:22You said you haven't met with them.
08:23Have you met with them?
08:24I'll give you one more chance.
08:25My job as the FBI director is to invite all investigative leads.
08:29Is the answer yes or no to whether or not you met with these women who were sexually abused and raped?
08:37Any insinuation by you or any people on your side that I am not manhunting child predators and sex traffickers, just look at the stats.
08:45And you talk about cover-ups, man.
08:47Mr. Chairman, this is my time and I will take as much time as I want.
08:51Where were you during the Obama and Biden administrations when these so-called cover-ups were going on?
08:57Why did anyone in those administrations talk to any of these purported witnesses?
09:01I have welcome every single person to provide credible information.
09:05Time belongs to the gentlelady from Washington.
09:07And I'm going to take another couple of minutes.
09:08He's accused the witness of something.
09:10He's allowed to respond.
09:11That's how it works.
09:12Listen, he didn't even-
09:13Excuse me, Mr. Chairman.
09:14You have always been fair.
09:16But this is not fair.
09:17And I'm being fair.
09:17And you will get your-
09:18No, this is my time.
09:20And he said that the witnesses were not credible.
09:24I'm going to get an additional minute of time because that's how much time he took.
09:28You'll get a minute.
09:29You'll get some seconds.
09:30What we think is under five minutes.
09:32You don't get to demand how much time you get.
09:34That's not how it works.
09:35Mr. Patel, are the victims of the Jeffrey Epstein horrific trafficking ring, are they credible?
09:45Any person with information about ongoing sexual trafficking-
09:50I'm asking you if they're credible.
09:52Ma'am, I'm commenting on the evidence we have.
09:54We have routinely asked for people to come forward with more evidence, and we will look at it.
09:59And the evidence that we have was the same evidence that the Biden and Obama Justice Departments had.
10:04And they determined, not me, they determined that that information was not credible.
10:09Mr. Chairman, he's not letting me even ask my questions.
10:11You ask the questions, he gives an answer.
10:12You may not like what he says, but that doesn't mean you're going to interrupt him.
10:15He's not answering my questions.
10:16Mr. Chairman, could we restore the gentlelady 45 seconds so she can complete her question?
10:20We will give her additional 30 seconds, which is what I said earlier.
10:22I'm going to keep taking my time.
10:23You'll take the time that you get.
10:25You are not answering the question.
10:28The question is, are these women credible?
10:33It's a yes or no answer.
10:34I have answered the question.
10:36Well, what is the answer?
10:37I keep telling you, I'm the only FBI director that has welcomed new information in this case.
10:41This administration is the only one that has welcomed any new information in this case.
10:45Is there a yes or no to whether the victims are credible?
10:49Present new information.
10:51Are the victims credible or not?
10:54I'll tell you what happened in the last Trump administration.
10:56Are they credible or not?
10:57You can't even say.
10:58Victims credibly came forward.
10:59And you know what happened?
11:00President Trump authorized the indictments of Jeffrey Epstein.
11:04He called them a hoax.
11:05He called them a hoax.
11:06Not Biden.
11:07Not Obama.
11:08No one else.
11:09President Trump called the entire thing a democratic hoax.
11:10So I would like to ask you if you will meet with the women who were sexually abused and raped
11:26and groomed at the ages of 14 and 16 years old.
11:31Are you going to cover up?
11:33Are you going to continue to cover up for the rich and powerful men, including those that might be on this committee?
11:41I can yell to him, Mr. Chairman, but I don't want to yell above this.
11:44The time belongs to the gentleman from New Jersey.
11:47I appreciate the gentlelady yielding back.
11:49Are you going to allow them to testify, Mr. Patel?
11:51Go ahead, Mr. Andrew.
11:51Will you allow them to testify to you, Mr. Patel?
11:55Mr. Patel.
11:56Go ahead, Mr. Patel.
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