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Kash Patel: “We are diligently working on [the Epstein files].”

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Published May 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:35

But I'm also not going to rush to get it out there in a format in which they can't rely on it. So on the Epstein matter or any other matters, We are diligently working on [the Epstein files]. that. And it takes time to go through years of investigations, years of political maneuvering and years of COVID up to get the American people what they deserve. (07:35–07:37)

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