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FBI Director Kash Patel said at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Sept. 16 that "Epstein was not a source for the FBI"

However, an internal FBI memo from 2008 obtained by PEOPLE said that "Epstein had provided information to the FBI as agreed upon"

That memo also closed out the FBI's asset forfeiture investigation into Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein communicated with the FBI despite claims made by FBI Director Kash Patel that he did not.

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Patel, 45, appeared before the House Oversight Committee and was asked by Sen. Chuck Grassley if Jeffrey Epstein was an "intelligence asset for the United States government or the foreign government."

The director responded to this question by stating, "Mr. Chairman, I can only speak to the FBI as the director of th

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