No info in files that Epstein trafficked women to others – FBI chief

FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday that determination is nary “credible information” successful instrumentality enforcement files that convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein trafficked young women to different individuals.

“There is nary credible information, none,” Patel said astatine a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “If determination were I would bring the lawsuit yesterday that helium trafficked to different individuals.”

Some of Donald Trump’s fiercest supporters person tracked the Epstein lawsuit for years, believing “deep state” elites person been protecting Epstein associates successful the Democratic Party and Hollywood.

Patel’s comments travel aft helium angered galore Trump loyalists with a memo successful July that efficaciously closed the probe into Epstein, who died successful a New York jailhouse compartment successful 2019 portion awaiting proceedings for trafficking of underage girls.

In grounds earlier the committee, Patel besides said an probe is ongoing into members of an online gaming country frequented by Utah antheral Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk.

“There are a fig of individuals that are presently being investigated and interrogated, and a fig yet to beryllium investigated and interrogated, circumstantial to that chat room,” helium said.

Asked by a legislator whether others could person been involved, Patel said: “Yes sir.”

Patel came nether occurrence from Democrats connected the Senate sheet for a purge of the FBI ranks of scores of agents who worked connected transgression cases involving Trump oregon were perceived to beryllium disloyal to the Republican president.

Senator Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat connected the committee, accused Patel of inflicting “untold harm connected the FBI” and putting “national information and nationalist information astatine risk” with an “unprecedented purge of FBI officials.”

– ‘Campaign of retribution’ –

Patel has been lambasted from some the close and the near since being named by Trump to caput the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the nation’s premier instrumentality enforcement agency.

According to Fox News, Patel’s narration with Attorney General Pam Bondi is peculiarly strained, though helium continues to bask the assurance of the White House.

Patel has been criticized successful peculiar for his actions successful the aftermath of past week’s assassination of Kirk during a speaking lawsuit astatine a Utah university.

He announced the apprehension of a fishy a fewer hours aft the shooting, lone to crook astir 2 hours aboriginal and accidental that idiosyncratic had been released and the manhunt was continuing.

Robinson, the existent suspected assailant, is to beryllium formally charged successful Provo, Utah, connected Tuesday with the execution of Kirk, the laminitis of the influential blimpish younker governmental radical Turning Point USA.

Since taking office, Trump has taken a fig of punitive measures against his perceived enemies, purging authorities officials deemed to beryllium disloyal, targeting instrumentality firms progressive successful past cases against him, and pulling national backing from universities.

Three erstwhile elder FBI officials filed a suit against Patel past week implicit their firing, claiming they were victims of a “campaign of retribution” implicit a perceived “failure to show capable governmental loyalty.”

Patel is to attest earlier the House Judiciary Committee connected Wednesday.

AFP

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