New Actor: Senate Judiciary hearing erupts into shouting

The Senate Judiciary oversight hearing turned into a shouting match as Kash Patel clashed with Democrats over the Epstein case. Pressed by Adam Schiff about Epstein‑related decisions, including Ghislaine Maxwell’s move to a minimum‑security prison after a multi‑day Justice Department interview, Patel called Schiff “a disgrace to this institution” and “the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate.”

Patel told senators there is no credible evidence that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women or underage girls to anyone other than himself. He said court orders tied to Epstein’s 2008 non‑prosecution deal bar public release of much of the evidence without a judge’s permission, blaming former U.S. attorney Alex Acosta for the “original sin” and adding, “If I were the FBI director then, it wouldn’t have happened.”

With those statements, Patel put on the record that the bureau sees no wider trafficking network in the Epstein matter and that any further document releases hinge on court approval rather than an FBI decision.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources