FBI Director Says Release of Epstein Files Coming ‘In the Near Future’

‘We will bring everything we find to the DOJ to be fully assessed and transparently disseminated to the American people,’ Kash Patel told a Senate hearing.

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a Senate hearing in Washington on May 8, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.S. authorities will soon release files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, FBI Director Kash Patel said on May 8 in testimony to Congress.

“In the near future,” Patel told Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) during a hearing in Washington after being asked when he thinks the FBI will finish processing the materials and release them.