FBI Director Kash Patel was hit with furious pushback on Saturday after he made a comment related to child trafficking.
Patel has been under fire since his announcement that the death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was a suicide, after previously promoting conspiracy theories related to Epstein actually being killed in prison to protect other powerful child molesters.
Over the weekend, Patel took to X to celebrate what he considers to be the Trump administration’s accomplishments related to child trafficking.
“200 Days of Trump Admin, From Jan 20 to Present: FBI has arrested over 1,600 people for violent crimes against children, to include 270 arrests for human trafficking,” Patel wrote. In a separate post, the head of the FBI added that the bureau “has identified and found 4,000 child victims.”
The pushback came almost instantly.
Barry Rubin, Senior Video Director at Republican Accountability Project and The Bulwark, said, “Release the files, bro.”
Republicans against Trump asked, “When are you releasing the Epstein files?”
Journalist Jim Stewartson replied with, “You just fired the FBI agent who has made the most arrests of pedophiles in American history. You are hilariously covering up for pedophile Donald Trump. You are legally attacking a blogger for telling the truth about you. You are a Russian joke, and a f—— traitor.
A political strategist who goes by Sunday School Alum said, “But not Trump or any of his friends. You should be ashamed!”
GOP pollster Sarah Longwell also asked, “Are any of them from the Epstein files you promised to release?”