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(16 Sep 2025)
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. John Kennedy, (R) Louisiana:
“Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to, besides himself?”
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kash Patel, FBI Director:
“Himself, there is no credible information. None. If there were, I would bring the case yesterday that he trafficked to other individuals. And the information we have, again, is limited.
(Kennedy: So the answer is no one?)
For the information that we have.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. John Kennedy, (R) Louisiana:
“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.”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Adam Schiff, (D) California:
“The Bureau of Prisons decided on their own, without any consultation with (Todd) Blanche or anyone else, that they were gonna suddenly, after this interview, completely unrelated to this interview. Completely unrelated to anything she said, move her to a prison not suitable for a sex offender. You want the American people to believe that? Do you think they're stupid?”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kash Patel, FBI Director:
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“No, I think the American people believe the truth that I'm not in the weeds on the everyday movements. What I am doing is protecting this country, providing historic reform, and combating the weaponization of intelligence by the likes of you. (crosstalk)And we have countlessly proven you to be a liar in Russiagate, in January 6, you are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate, you're a disgrace to this institution, and an utter coward.
(Schiff: I'm not surprised.)
I'm not surprised that you continue to lie from your perch and put on a show so you can go raise money for your charade. You are a political buffoon at best. (crosstalk)”
(Schiff: Well, you can make an internet troll the FBI director— but (he) will always be nothing more than an internet troll.)
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STORYLINE:
FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, defending his record amid criticism that he has politicized the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency and pursued retribution against perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump.

The hearing broke along starkly partisan lines. Republicans rallied support for Patel even as Democrats said he had debased the integrity of the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency. Patel, for his part, accused Democrats of grandstanding for cameras and looking to score political points in a series of testy shouting matches that punctuated more sedate testimony about the criminal and national security threats facing the U.S.

“You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate, you are a disgrace to this institution and you are an utter coward,” Patel told Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California, raising his voice during one particularly testy exchange. “You can make an internet troll the FBI director, but he will always be an internet troll,” Schiff shot back as Patel continued to shout over him.

Patel also said the FBI has ‘no credible information’ that Epstein trafficked teenage girls to others while also acknowledging that previous investigations of Epstein were limited.




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