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Gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for five minutes. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, Director Patel, I watched some of your Senate hearing yesterday when Senator Kennedy asked you, you've seen most of the

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files, who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these women to besides himself? You replied, according to the transcript, there is no credible

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information that he trafficked them to anyone else. You also said somewhere in the hearing and here today that the problem is that the case files are

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constrained by limited search warrants from 2006 to 2007 and that the nonprosecution agreement hamstrung future investigations.

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Those constraints only apply to Southern District of Florida. They do not apply to Southern District of New York. The location of the 2019 sex trafficking

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indictment which produced many things including a series of FD302 documents. According to victims who cooperated with

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the FBI in that investigation, these documents in FBI possession, your possession, detail at least 20 men,

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including Mr. Jess Staley, CEO of Barkclay's Bank, who Jeffrey Epstein traffked victims to. Victims including minors such as Virginia Roberts Euprey.

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May she rest in peace. That list also includes at least 19 other individuals. One Hollywood producer worth a few

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hundred million dollars. One royal prince. One high-profile individual in the music industry. One very prominent banker. One high-profile government

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official. One high-profile former politician. One owner of a car company in Italy. One rock star. One magician.

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At least six billionaires, including a billionaire from Canada. We know these people exist in the FBI files. The files that you control. I don't know exactly

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who they are, but the FBI does. Have you launched any investigations into any of these people? And have you seen these 302 documents?

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Sir, I have asked my FBI agents to review the entirety of the Epstein files and bring forth any credible information. And we're working with

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Congress not only to divulge that information and produce it to you, but any investigations that arise from any credible investigation will be brought. there have been no new materials brought

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to me launching a new um indictment. >> So is is is the loophole here or is it your assertion that these uh victims

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aren't credible that the 302s maybe didn't produce credible statements that rise to a probable cause? It's not my

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assertion, sir. It's the assertion of um two different United States attorneys offices from three separate administrations who investigated those

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same materials in lifetime. the 302 documents in the FBI's possession. >> They reviewed all that. Yes, sir. >> And and so have you reviewed those 302

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documents that where the victims name the people who victimized them? >> If I personally know, but the FBI has.

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>> So how can you sit here and and in front of the Senate and say there are no names? >> I said all >> I named one today. I I said we are not

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in the we are not in the practice at the Department of Justice, FBI of releasing victims names. That is not what we do. We are also not in the habit of

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releasing incredible information. That's not what we do. But multiple authorities have looked at the entirety of what we have. >> Okay, I got to move on here. Were you

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present when the AG uh had the White House event when she released the binders to social media influencers? >> I was. Yes. So, if you're willing to meet with

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social media influencers who stood to benefit from the sensational and sad stories of these victims, will you meet with the victims as well? >> The FBI will meet with anyone who has no

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information. >> Will you personally meet with them? >> The FBI and the professionals who are handling the cases will >> Were you instructed that it was

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important to release the documents to the oversight committee on the day of uh my introduction of the discharge petition to release these files? I don't

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know what day that was. So, no. >> Well, they were released that day and there were victim's names who weren't redacted because it was they were in such a rush and the victims are not

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happy about that. >> Gentlemen, gentleman from KY's recognized for unanimous consent. >> Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to submit uh two sets of documents. The

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first is a series of emails from the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. They are making foyer requests to get their own FBI files and not having any success.

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So, um, I want to bring attention to that by submitting that to the