Bondi revealed that she had initially requested the complete Epstein case file before Patel took charge of the bureau but received only 200 pages—far fewer than the documents released last year in a civil lawsuit involving Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

His response comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed in a letter to him that she had been told by sources that FBI agents in the New York field office were withholding “thousands” of Epstein-related documents after she requested that all materials related to the late convicted pedophile be turned over to her for eventual release.