Kash Patel Loses It as Jamie Raskin Grills Him Over Epstein's Black Book': You Want Me to Break The Law?'

"Raskin opened his time by reminding Patel of his rhetoric about the Epstein files and black book on podcast appearances before his tenure as FBI director. The clips showed Patel challenging the then-FBI director to put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are. In another video rolled back by Raskin, Patel insisted that Epstein's black book was under the direct control of the director of the FBI. 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? Raskin demanded."

"Patel pushed back hard, framing his restraint as legal necessity rather than political timidity in a heated back and forth, insisting he had released all he could. He pointed to the FBI's record under his tenure arresting child predators. I literally just told you, there are multiple federal court orders, I'm not going to break the law to satisfy your curiosity, he said, insisting the FBI had released more material than anyone else before and that the agency is constrained by court decisions governing grand jury materials."

FBI Director Kash Patel faced questioning about why names in Jeffrey Epstein's Black Book and related files remain sealed. Representative Jamie Raskin played clips of Patel's earlier podcast rhetoric urging disclosure and asserting control over the Black Book, then demanded why names of alleged co-conspirators were not released. Patel said he had released all permissible material and cited multiple federal court orders and grand jury restrictions as legal barriers to disclosure, while highlighting recent FBI arrests of child predators under his tenure. Some observers and reporters disputed Patel's legal characterization and urged broader agency disclosure authority.

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