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FBI Director Kash Patel sparred with Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Tuesday, escalating to the point where Patel labeled Schiff a "political buffoon."

The exchange occurred as Schiff pressed Patel for details on why the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison after U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Maxwell in Florida. The visit came after the Trump administration announced it would not unseal investigation materials concerning Epstein.

As a result, Schiff asked Patel to clarify what prompted Maxwell’s transfer, and who made the decision to move her and why. When Patel said the Bureau of Prisons signed off on the move, Schiff cast doubt that it mo

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