Kash Patel and Adam Schiff compete on the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell prison

The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, was disputed with Senator Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Tuesday, in climbing to the point where Patel qualified Schiff as “political buffoon”.

The exchange took place while Schiff pressed Patel for more details on the reasons for which the partner of the deceased financial Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, was transferred to a minimum security prison after the American assistant prosecutor Todd Blanche met Maxwell in Florida. The visit took place after the Trump administration announced that it would not suit you in survey equipment concerning Epstein.

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The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, testifies before the judicial committee of the Senate in the building of the Hart Senate office on Capitol Hill on September 16, 2025, in Washington, DC (SOMODEVILLA / GETTY Images)

Consequently, Schiff asked Patel to clarify what caused Maxwell’s transfer and who made the decision to move it and why. When Patel said that the prisons office had signed in moving, Schiff doubts the fact that he moved Maxwell independently and without any external contribution, given the Apisse of Blanche’s meeting with Maxwell.

“Do you want the American people to believe it?” Said Schiff. “Do you think they are stupid?”

“No, I think that the American people believe the truth. That I am not in the weeds on the daily movements of the prisoners,” said Patel before members of the Senate’s Judicial Committee. “What I do is protect this country, ensure historical reform and fight against the armament of information by you and we called on what you were a liar in Russiagate, January 6. You are the greatest fraud in the American Senate.

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Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Joined by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Is expressed during a press conference presenting the prohibition of assault weapons of 2025 on April 30, 2025, in Washington.

“I’m not surprised,” said Schiff.

“I’m not surprised,” said Patel. “You continue to lie to your perch and make a show so that you can go and collect funds for your masquerade. You are at best a political buffoon.”

Maxwell was convicted of accusations including the sex trafficking of a minor and served a 20 -year sentence.

Maxwell was transferred from a low -security establishment in Tallahassee, Florida, to a minimum security prison camp in Bryan, Texas. This decision previously attracted control of the legislators, as the Office of Prison Policy demands that people accused of sexual offenses be placed in at least a low -security installation.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both charged with federal accusations of sex trafficking from years of Epstein abuse of minor girls. (Joe Schildhorn / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The Ministry of Justice and the FBI announced in July that the agencies would not publish new documents in the Epstein sex traffic case and that their exam to Epstein is closed.

The agencies said they had not found a list of sexual predators with links with Epstein and determined that there were no new people who could face charges.

Fox News Digital contacted Schiff and Patel to comment.