FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has no proof that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to anyone other than himself.
After claiming that he has reviewed a large chunk of the files related to the disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender, Patel said that the FBI lacks the evidence it needs to bring charges against anyone else.
‘You’ve seen most of the files, who if anyone did Epstein traffic these young women to besides himself?’ Sec. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked Patel during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Tuesday.
‘There is no credible information, none – if there were I would bring the case yesterday – that he trafficked to other individuals,’ Patel replied.
‘So the answer is no one?’ the Republican senator pressed.
‘For the information that we have… in the case file,’ Patel affirmed.
He insisted: ‘I am not saying that others were not trafficked and others were not involved. What I am telling you is that based on the information that we have… we have released all credible information.’
‘I know that’s not going to satisfy many, many, many people,’ Patel admitted.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has no proof that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to anyone other than himself
The FBI has concluded there was no so-called ‘client list’ of Epstein’s co-conspirators
The FBI director explained that since the original search warrants from then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Alex Acosta were ‘limited,’ there are no people named in the files that participated in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.
This lines up with the July 7, 2025 memo from the FBI and Justice Department that concluded there was no so-called ‘client list’ of Epstein’s co-conspirators.
The memo also stated that no one else would be charged in connection to Epstein’s crimes.
Widespread public outcry ensued with the public demanding that the federal government release the names of anyone named in the files.
But Patel confirmed at an FBI oversight hearing on Tuesday that his agency does not have in its possession any files that include names of those to whom Epstein trafficked women – including minors.
Sen. Kennedy said that his answers on Tuesday will not satisfy Americans and pressed for him to do more.
‘This issue is not going to go away,’ Kennedy said. ‘And I think the central question for the American people is this: They know that Epstein trafficked young women for sex to himself. They want to know who, if anyone else, he trafficked these young women to.’
‘And that’s a very fair question. I want to know that answer,’ the senator added. ‘And I think you’re going to have to do more to satisfy the American peoples’ understandable curiosity in that regard.’
Patel replied: ‘I agree, senator.’
