Lawmakers sparred with FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday over his handling of investigative materials related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and whether his posture changed because President Donald Trump’s name appeared in them.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, showed videos of Patel saying that the FBI was not releasing a list of Epstein clients because of who is named on it and commenting that the FBI director had authority to release Epstein’s client list as well as direct control of his black book. Those comments from Patel were made before he was in the role of FBI director.

“So you were sworn in as director more than 200 days ago. Now the black book is under your direct control,” Raskin said at the oversight

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