A video of Kash Patel from 2023 resurfaced on social media where he could heard talking about how "government gangsters" and FBI played a central role in the cover-up of Jeffrey Epstein case. He also urged Donald Trump to "roll out the black book on day one" of assuming office as the US president.
On being asked about black book, Patel said, "That's under direct control of the director of the FBI. Just like the manifesto from the Nash Nashville school shooting of the Catholic schools. Yeah. We still haven't seen that. Right? It's not the Nashville police or PD saying we don't want this out."
Talking about the cover-up, Patel said, "The FBI air mailed into that operation and said this is not getting out. Because they do that because they this is another government gangster operation. All these local law enforcement communities get funding from the DOJ and FBI for local programs. And if you don't cooperate, you're not getting your million dollars for this, and you're not getting it. And that's a lot of money to these local districts. That's how they play the game. That's why you don't have a black book."
"And and to me, that's a thing I think president Trump should run on. On day one, roll out the black book. And not just that. On day one, roll out all of the text messaging communications we we were told were deleted. On day one, play the rest of the video of the pipe bomber. On day you know, he need one of the reforms I talked about in government gangsters is you need a central node to be continuously declassifying," he said.
"It's another thing they do. They overclassify. And I'm telling you, as a former number two in the IC, they overclassify 50% of the stuff there to protect the deep state. Oh, no. You can't see that," he added.
This comes as justice department confirmed that Epstein had no “client list” and that no further case files would be released, contradicting earlier claims by Pam Bondi. The announcement sparked outrage among conservatives, with figures like Jack Posobiec, Alex Jones, and Elon Musk accusing the DOJ of a cover-up.
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou, recently, made similar allegations of involvement of "deep state" that might have "destroyed information" in Epstein case.
“I'm not blaming the FBI director Kash Patel or the Deputy Director Dan Bongino. I think that that layer beneath them, that's part of what we like to call the Deep State, has taken this bull by the horns, and they've probably destroyed information,” he said.
So far, Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only associate convicted in connection with his crimes, serving a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking.
On being asked about black book, Patel said, "That's under direct control of the director of the FBI. Just like the manifesto from the Nash Nashville school shooting of the Catholic schools. Yeah. We still haven't seen that. Right? It's not the Nashville police or PD saying we don't want this out."
Talking about the cover-up, Patel said, "The FBI air mailed into that operation and said this is not getting out. Because they do that because they this is another government gangster operation. All these local law enforcement communities get funding from the DOJ and FBI for local programs. And if you don't cooperate, you're not getting your million dollars for this, and you're not getting it. And that's a lot of money to these local districts. That's how they play the game. That's why you don't have a black book."
"And and to me, that's a thing I think president Trump should run on. On day one, roll out the black book. And not just that. On day one, roll out all of the text messaging communications we we were told were deleted. On day one, play the rest of the video of the pipe bomber. On day you know, he need one of the reforms I talked about in government gangsters is you need a central node to be continuously declassifying," he said.
"It's another thing they do. They overclassify. And I'm telling you, as a former number two in the IC, they overclassify 50% of the stuff there to protect the deep state. Oh, no. You can't see that," he added.
Kash Patel in 2023: Epstein's "black book" is "under direct control of the Director of the FBI," Trump should release it on Day One
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) July 8, 2025
So did Patel succumb to a Deep State conspiracy once in power? Or was he always just throwing red meat to dullards? Occam's Razor says: the latter pic.twitter.com/1Z9ku8mD0V
This comes as justice department confirmed that Epstein had no “client list” and that no further case files would be released, contradicting earlier claims by Pam Bondi. The announcement sparked outrage among conservatives, with figures like Jack Posobiec, Alex Jones, and Elon Musk accusing the DOJ of a cover-up.
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou, recently, made similar allegations of involvement of "deep state" that might have "destroyed information" in Epstein case.
“I'm not blaming the FBI director Kash Patel or the Deputy Director Dan Bongino. I think that that layer beneath them, that's part of what we like to call the Deep State, has taken this bull by the horns, and they've probably destroyed information,” he said.
So far, Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only associate convicted in connection with his crimes, serving a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking.
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