At a House committee hearing, a California congressman asks FBI Director Kash Patel whether Donald Trump ever told him to release the full truth on Jeffrey Epstein. Patel says the administration told the FBI to release "all credible information" and that Trump has not been an FBI informant, though he can "only speak for the FBI." The congressman then quotes Judge Richard Berman, who said the Epstein grand jury transcripts "pale in comparison" to the Epstein material the Justice Department holds.
The receipt
- Who
- Rep. from California
- Where
- hearing - House committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel
- Original footage
- ET Now · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
The question has been asked and answered. You've not answered it and we will take your evasiveness as a consciousness of guilt. Director, did Donald Trump ever say to you, just find and release the entire truth? Don't worry, if I'm in it. The instructions from the administration were to release all credible information and we have done that. Did Donald Trump ever provide information about Jeffrey Epstein as an informant? Donald Trump has not been, and I can only speak for the FBI, the informant of the FBI. So Director, you've played this cute shell game where you say you can't release everything because the court has said that it legally is not allowed to be released. But the court calls bullshit. Judge Richard Berman said that when you went to the court, quote, information contained in the Epstein grand jury transcripts, pales, pales in comparison to Epstein investigation information and materials in the hands of the Department of Justice. So let's move on director.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.