House Democrat Flat Out Accuses Kash Patel of Lying Under Oath During Hearing: ‘It is a Felony!’

A congressional Democrat called out FBI Director Kash Patel for allegedly perjuring himself when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

During his testimony, Patel repeatedly danced around issues like whether he had told Attorney General Pam Bondi that President Donald Trump’s name appeared in the Epstein files, and whether Epstein did, in fact, traffic underage victims.

On Thursday, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) accused Patel of committing a felony by lying under oath during his testimony. She began by talking about what she called “the real crime wave” plaguing Washington, D.C.

“I think it’s very demonstrable, and the data shows, that the largest crime wave that we’ve had over the last nine months began on Jan. 20.”

She continued:

And the epicenter of that crime wave — one might call it a white collar or in this case, an “orange collar” crime wave — is the White House. Because we have seen a slew of illegal firings that have resulted in millions of Americans being without vital programs; the withholdings of millions of dollars of funds; the violations of the Constitution, rule of law, separation of powers, due process rights; illegal arrests, illegal deportations; hundreds of lawsuits; grift that resulted in billions of dollars of crypto schemes lining the pockets of the president and his family; government contracts to his friends; and an epic cover-up of the largest known sex trafficking scandal in American history with the director of the FBI lying under oath in this chamber just yesterday.

And I just want to say this: That it is a felony under the U.S. Code to lie under oath in front of Congress. So if you want to talk about crime in DC, then look no further than your own damn hearings.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-TN) has threatened a discharge petition to force the GOP to hand over the Epstein documents once and for all. According to CNN, “That discharge petition could reach the crucial 218-vote threshold next week to force the release of the files, after a special election in Arizona that the Democrat is expected to win.”

Watch the clip above via C-SPAN.