Kash PatelThe election of President Donald Trump to run the FBI is obliged to work on Thursday to work with a top republican senator on an exposure that he worked with Jeffrey Epstein in the trade and exploitation of children.
Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-tenn., Examined the patella about how he would cope with the Epstein case. He died in 2019 as a gender trade in 2019 while he was waiting for trial. Almost 200 names previously edited from court documents in a lawsuit against his co -chant Ghislaine Maxwell was published last year.
However, Blackburn said he still needed to know more, including the names of those who flew on his plane and preservatives.
Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Asks Kash Patel, the election of President Donald Trump to be the director of the FBI, during the hearing to confirm the patella before the Senate Justice Committee, on the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
“I want to talk to you about the case of Epstein. On this I was doing this for years trying to get those records about which they flew Epstein’s plane And which helped him to build this international ring for people, “she said.
She used her remarks to take over former judicial president Dick Durbin.
“Now, I used to call the then chairman Durbin to call these records, and in the end I was blocked by senator Durbin and Christopher Wray. They stoned to it,” she said. “And I know that breaking these trade rings is important for President Trump. So, will you work with me on this issue? So, do we know who worked with Jeffrey Epstein under the construction of these sex rings?” she asked.
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Jeffrey Epstein Mugshot of 2019 after the federal authorities against him filed charges of trade. (KyPros/Getty Images)
“Absolutely, the senator,” Patel replied. “Trafficking in sexual people in the United States there is no place. And I will do everything if it is confirmed as the director of the FBI, to ensure that the US public knows the full weight of what happened in the past and how we go to counterman missing children and exploited children who go ahead, “he said.
After the exchange between Blackburn and Patel, Durbin asked to respond to Blackburn to him and accused Senator Tennessee of “fakeing him” of preventing him from posting the name of the network Jeffrey Epstein. “
“My office then reached out to try to recognize what records she really asked for. We didn’t get an answer,” he added.
Blackburn shot back and said she “started a problem with President Durbin. I lifted him on the floor that we wanted to get these records … You tried to recognize me.”
Patel nomination has caused early criticism of some Democrats on the eve of the certificate hearing, who have made their previous vows for prosecuting journalists and career officers at the Ministry of Justice and the FBI, which he considers part of the “deep state”.
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Democrats pointed to Patel record And the book, “Government Gangster”, published in 2023, claiming that the employees of the “deep state” of the Government politicized and armed the Law Implementation Agency -and explicitly invited to renovate the FBI chapter called “Over the FBI”.
Fox News’ Emma Colton and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
