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In a heated Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the FBI, Director Kash Patel sharply criticized the initial prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, labeling it the “original sin” that undermined subsequent investigations.
Patel specifically targeted Alex Acosta, the former U.S. attorney who oversaw Epstein’s 2006 case and later served as Labor Secretary in the first Trump administration.
“The original sin in the Epstein case was the way it was initially brought by Mr. Acosta back in 2006,” Patel stated.
“The original case involved a very limited search warrant or set of search warrants, and didn’t take as much investigatory material as it should have seized.”
He emphasized that under his leadership, such mishandling “wouldn’t have happened.”
Patel, who has previously alluded to a potential cover-up in podcasts, acknowledged that his responses during the hearing would likely leave many unsatisfied.
“My answers on the case were not going to satisfy many, many, many people,” he said.
Bipartisan Pressure Mounts for More Epstein Details
Lawmakers from both parties pressed Patel for greater transparency on Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died by suicide in prison while facing additional charges.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) highlighted public curiosity, saying, “The essential question for the American people is this, they know that Epstein trafficked young women for sex to himself – they want to know who, if anyone else, he trafficked these young women to.
And that’s a very fair question.
I want to know that answer.
And I think you’re going to have to do more to satisfy the American people’s understandable curiosity.”
In response, Patel asserted there is “no credible information” indicating Epstein trafficked minors to others beyond himself.
“If there were, I would bring the case yesterday that he trafficked to other individuals,” he declared.
Patel elaborated on investigative shortcomings, noting that prior search warrants covered too narrow a time frame and that a non-prosecution agreement “also barred future prosecutions for those involved at that time.”
He stressed the FBI’s policy: “The Department of Justice and the FBI never releases information on investigations that are not credible, and we don’t release the names of victims who aren’t credible, but at the same time, we don’t release the names of victims who were credible.”
The director added that current releases of information are “historic” and represent “the maximum capacity that the law allows.”
However, he lamented the original probe’s flaws: “If they wanted it done right, then the investigation from its origination should have been done right, and he [Epstein] should not have been given a ‘Get Out of Jail Free card’ to do jail on the weekends for 12 hours a day, and he should have been investigated fully for the entirety of his crime and criminal enterprise, not just from 1997 to 2001.”
Justice Department Memo and Ongoing Subpoenas
Patel referenced a July Justice Department memo concluding that Epstein did not maintain a client list and that no further information releases were necessary.
Despite this, the House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed related files, which are now being provided.
Among the documents is a birthday note from then-President Trump to Epstein, noting that the two men shared “certain things in common.”
Patel deflected questions about the memo’s authorship and why it was unsigned.
When pressed by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the panel, Patel quipped, “Would you prefer I use autopen?” – a jab referencing an investigation involving President Biden.
Alex Acosta is voluntarily scheduled to appear for a transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee on September 19, as part of its ongoing Epstein investigation, according to Chairman James Comer’s (R-Ky.) office.
The hearing underscores lingering questions about Epstein’s criminal network and the handling of his cases across administrations, with Patel attributing foundational errors to decisions made nearly two decades ago.
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