<p>FBI Director Kash Patel went toe to toe with several Democrats during a Tuesday hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, clashing with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) over the release of files related to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.</p>
<p>Raskin, who led the second impeachment hearings during President Donald Trump&#8217;s first term, heavily suggested that Patel was stonewalling Democrats in their persistent efforts to make the Epstein files public — efforts in which they showed no interest while former President Joe Biden was in office — and that he was likely doing so at Trump&#8217;s request. Patel repeatedly reminded Raskin that numerous court orders prevented him from simply releasing the files.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨 &#8216;I&#8217;M NOT GONNA BREAK THE LAW TO SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY!&#8217;: Kash Patel beats down the insufferable Rep. Jamie Raskin, holds nothing back. <a href="https://t.co/LLzsGfrEWx">pic.twitter.com/LLzsGfrEWx</a></p>
<p>&#8220;YOU didn&#8217;t join us when we filed in the courts to release the court orders. You could&#8217;ve. You have lawyers. You…</p>
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<p>&#8220;You were sworn in as director more than 200 days ago. Now the Black Book is under your direct control. So why haven’t you released the names of Epstein’s co-conspirators in the rape and sex trafficking of young women and girls?&#8221; Raskin demanded.</p>
<p>Patel pointed to the multiple court orders and a previous agreement Epstein had reached with federal prosecutors, noting that the disgraced financier had been free for 12 years and previous administrations — including former President Barack Obama&#8217;s — had done nothing to move his case forward.</p>
<p>&#8220;Has anyone released more information on Epstein than I have? Did Comey? Did Wray?&#8221; Patel asked, and Raskin insisted that it wasn&#8217;t enough.</p>
<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just release the entire file as you promised to do?&#8221; Raskin asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;I literally just told you, there are multiple federal court orders, I’m not going to break the law to satisfy your curiosity,&#8221; Patel shot back. &#8220;You didn&#8217;t join us when we filed in the courts to release the court orders. You could&#8217;ve. You have lawyers. You could&#8217;ve shown up. You didn&#8217;t do that!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;That’s a tiny fraction of the material we’re talking about,&#8221; Raskin insisted.</p>
<p>Patel pointed out that if the information had not been released, Raskin could not possibly know how much information there was. &#8220;How do you know that? Have you seen everything?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s all misdirection,&#8221; Raskin claimed as his time expired.</p>

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