(WND)—The top two officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation appeared on national television Sunday to clarify numerous mysteries, including the FBI’s role in the U.S. Capitol mayhem on Jan. 6, 2021, the two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump and the purported suicide of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, FBI Director Kash Patel said about Jan. 6: “What was the FBI doing? Well we’ve got answers coming. We just found a trove of information and it’s on its way to Capitol Hill right now. And they’ve asked, and they’re getting them. And you’re getting the answers on Jan. 6.
“You’re getting answers on what sourcing was utilized, what money was utilized, how many assets were utilized, who made those decisions. You’re getting it.”
“We can only control the FBI, but you’re getting it from the FBI,” he added.
Bartiromo asked Patel point blank: “Were there FBI agents undercover egging people on?”
“That answer is coming and it’s on its way to Congress,” he replied.
Dan Bongino, deputy director of the FBI, said he personally “saw the portfolio of information.”
“We dug far and wide to find it. And I’m pretty sure now we have a conclusive, definitive answer, but you and the public are gonna have it. You’re gonna see it in writing over to Capitol Hill.”
“There is a difference between an agent,” Bongino cautioned, “meaning a trained GS-1811 federal agent, and a source or an asset. There’s a difference. So when you see the material, which I promise you is coming, when you see it, I just want you to understand that.
“There a difference between agents and assets, and I just hope when people put that information out there, they make the distinction. … There’s a distinction there.”
Patel said: “I want the American public to go back and look at what our predecessors stated to Congress under oath: that there were no FBI sources utilized in and around Jan. 6. I’m gonna leave it at that, but go play the videotape and look for this material coming to Congress.”
He added: “Every employee that acted appropriately, we’re gonna defend you to the hill.”
KASH PATEL: You’re getting answers on January 6. Sourcing, money, assets, decisions. You’re getting it! pic.twitter.com/B4B1DvSJ8p
— George Balfour-Kinnear (@balfourUK) May 18, 2025
Regarding the case of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Bartiromo asked both officials why many Americans don’t buy the government assertion that Epstein killed himself in a New York City jail.
“They have a right to their opinion,” Patel said, “but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor who’s been in that prison system, who’s been in the Metropolitan Detention Center, who’s been in segregated housing, you know a suicide when you see one, and that’s what that was.”
Bongino said: “He killed himself. I’ve seen the whole file. He killed himself.”
I find it hilarious that Kash Patel and Don Bongino are nuking the MAGA conspiracy that Jeffrey Epstein was murdered by Clinton. pic.twitter.com/ktVKY2Lohq
— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) May 18, 2025
Regarding the two attempts on Trump’s life, Patel cited two reasons for the lack of specific details released.
“Two open, ongoing prosecutions,” he said. ‘Two of the investigations are obviously closed because the individuals are dead, but there’s two live prosecutions … so we can’t get ahead of the federal court case.”
“We have personally invested our time in making sure that we have looked at any possible international connections to terrorism and adversaries alike.”
NEW: Kash Patel and Dan Bongino break their silence on why we still don’t have answers about the Trump assassination attempts.
It’s the question nobody in the media wants to ask—but millions of Americans are still wondering:
Why don’t we know more about the attempts on… pic.twitter.com/EtjKGsBIw1
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) May 18, 2025
“Kash is not kidding,” said Bongino. “We’ve been personally briefed extensively on every single detail, nugget, tendril of this case.”
He said he’s aware many feel the federal government is hiding something about the assassination attempts.
“I’m not going to tell people what they want to hear. I’m going to tell you the truth, and whether you like it or not is up to you,” Bongino explained.
“In some of these cases, the ‘there’ you’re looking for is not there. And I know people, I get it, I understand. It’s not there. If it was there, we would have told you.”
WATCH PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THE FULL INTERVIEW:
Thank you @FBIDirectorKash @FBI @FBIDDBongino @SundayFutures @FoxNews https://t.co/fwSKEhFiVx
— Maria Bartiromo (@MariaBartiromo) May 18, 2025
@FBIDirectorKash & @FBIDDBongino reveal the latest on President Trump’s assassination attempts, the new direction of the FBI, and plans to leave the Hoover Building in part 2 of @MariaBartiromo‘s exclusive interview. pic.twitter.com/JwHe7zoOVb
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) May 18, 2025
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