(NEXSTAR) -- During a second day of questioning on Capitol Hill, FBI Director Kash Patel was again grilled by lawmakers on his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Patel appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday for a hearing on FBI oversight, the day after a similar hearing in the Senate that also turned contentious at times.

Patel testified that he did not know how many times President Donald Trump's name appeared in the Epstein files.

"I have never spoken to President Trump about the Epstein files," Patel also told the panel.

Patel also testified that Trump was never an FBI informant in the case.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) joined the Democrats on the panel in questioning Patel on Epstein.

Massie is trying to force a House vote on a bill that requires all the Ep

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