FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

For the second time this year, FBI Director Kash Patel has stepped forward to correct claims about a MAGA conspiracy theory he once played a key role in promoting.

For the second time this year, he could be fighting a losing battle.

Months ago, it was Patel’s sudden move to downplay the Jeffrey Epstein files. As a right-wing commentator, he had played up a massive supposed conspiracy that suggested the government was hiding others who were involved in Epstein’s crimes, saying at one point, “ Put on your big boy pants, and let us know who the pedophiles are .”

But in May, as FBI director, he su

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