Washington: FBI director Kash Patel has refused seven times to say whether he ever told Attorney-General Pam Bondi that US President Donald Trump’s name appears in files related to the sex-trafficking investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a combative hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Patel said he had never discussed the so-called Epstein files with Trump, and dodged questions about how many times the president’s name appeared in the documents.

“The number is a total misleading factor,” said Patel, who also said he had not read all the files. “We have not released anyone’s name in the Epstein files that has not been credible.”

Under questioning from Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell, Patel denied that Trump’s name appeared at least 1000 times, at

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