'Do you think I will protect ...' Kash Patel opens up about Epstein in a surprise Joe Rogan podcast
Kash Patel speaks about Epstein Files in Joe Rogan podcast.
FBI director Kash Patel came clean about the Epstein Files on a surprise Joe Rogan Experience episode that dropped a day after Elon Musk claimed that President Donald Trump is named in the Epstein Files and that's why they are not releasing it.
The timing of the episode caught JRE fans by surprise as it's not yet known when the episode was shot. Kash Patel was seen smoking and talking in details about FBI and Epstein Files.
Without mentioning the damning allegation that Musk brought against Trump regarding Epstein -- possibly because the episode was shot before, Kash Patel said people are pissed at him for the delay in releasing the files. He said he was not there when Jeffrey Epstein did the abominable act with the protection of a section of media who chose to protect Epstein because of the connections he had.
Claiming that Epstein killed himself, Patel asked if anyone thinks that he and Dan Bongino would protect any information regarding the pedophile. Patel said it was the decision of the Donald Trump administration that all files would be released and they will be released "as much as possible", Patel said.
The FBI director added that he knows that he would not be able to convince anyone that Epstein did kill himself in the prison cell, no matter how many files the FBI releases, because there have been 15 years of people coming in and creating fiction.
Did you never think Epstein was killed, Rogan asks Kash Patel
Joe Rogan asked Kash Patel what he used to think about Epstein's death before he became the FBI director. Patel said he never had a suspicion that Epstein was killed in his cell and said that he had a different background that made him acquainted with jails as a public defender. He said he knew people who committed suicides in cell and based on the information publicly available to him at that time, he always believed that it was not possible for anyone to enter Epstein's cell and kill him.
Patel said the FBi would release the video of the cell and everybody would be able to see whether Epstein killed himself or not.
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