FBI Director Kash Patel insisted Wednesday that multiple recent court orders bar him from releasing thousands of agency documents related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, telling members of Congress he would not defy the judges’ rulings.
“I’m not going to break the law to satisfy your curiosity,” Patel said while testifying for the second day of congressional oversight hearings, sparring with Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who demanded to know why more files had not been released, Politico reported.
Raskin accused Patel of “not keeping your word” on the files concerning Epstein, who died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
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