Kash Patel’s Epstein files problem is not going away.

Over two days of hearings, Democrats hammered the FBI director — who once advocated for the wholesale release of the files connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — over the bureau’s reluctance to release the full trove.

They also accused Patel of seeking to protect President Donald Trump from potentially embarrassing references in the files, of giving short-shrift to Epstein’s victims and of refusing to follow all investigative leads.

“Now we’re seeing one very clear reason why you want to build a political FBI: the Epstein files,” House Judiciary ranking member Jamie Raskin…

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