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https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/kash-patel-hearing-epstein-trafficking
FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday that the bureau has "no credible information" that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein trafficked young women to other individuals beside himself.
The big picture: Bipartisan demands for transparency in the disgraced financier's case have plagued the Trump administration and Hill lawmakers for months following the FBI and Justice Department's conclusion that there was no incriminating list of Epstein's clients.
Driving the news: Patel, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, said there is, "no credible information, none" that Epstein "trafficked to other individuals."
If there was such evidence, Patel emphasized, "I would bring the case yesterday."
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) pressed the director, questioning if Epstein trafficked women to "no one," to which Patel replied, "for the information that we have."
Catch up quick: In a memo obtained by Axios in July, the DOJ and FBI stated that there was no "credible evidence" that Epstein blackmailed prominent figures, nor was there any information on which an investigation into "uncharged third parties" should be based.
It also concluded that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while being held in a Manhattan prison.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday that the bureau has "no credible information" that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein trafficked young women to other individuals beside himself.
The big picture: Bipartisan demands for transparency in the disgraced financier's case have plagued the Trump administration and Hill lawmakers for months following the FBI and Justice Department's conclusion that there was no incriminating list of Epstein's clients.
Driving the news: Patel, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, said there is, "no credible information, none" that Epstein "trafficked to other individuals."
If there was such evidence, Patel emphasized, "I would bring the case yesterday."
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) pressed the director, questioning if Epstein trafficked women to "no one," to which Patel replied, "for the information that we have."
Catch up quick: In a memo obtained by Axios in July, the DOJ and FBI stated that there was no "credible evidence" that Epstein blackmailed prominent figures, nor was there any information on which an investigation into "uncharged third parties" should be based.
It also concluded that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while being held in a Manhattan prison.
