Overview
- CNN reports the FBI and Justice Department are struggling to quash conspiracies previously promoted by some of their current leaders.
- Sources say FBI agents circulated an AI‑generated music video mocking Director Kash Patel for supposedly "hiding all the Epstein files."
- Patel told Congress the FBI reviewed all Epstein investigative materials and found no evidence of a grand trafficking conspiracy among wealthy elites.
- The bureau launched an "FBI Rapid Response" social account to counter falsehoods, including a post rejecting claims about Thomas Crooks’ lack of an online footprint.
- Patel said more than 480 FBI employees concluded Crooks planned and conducted the attack alone and did not share his intent with anyone.