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Madam Attorney General, you acknowledged earlier to Mr. Johnson that President Trump was mentioned and the release countless times you said in the Epstein files. I just want to play a video though for you that I think speaks to the frustration that many of these victims have. A lot of times Trump's name appears in the files so it could at least be a thousand times. Is that right? The number is a total misleading factor. We have not released anyone's name. We have not released anyone's name in the Epstein files that has not been credible. We have released every piece of legally permissible information. You can characterize the numbers however you want it. I'm claiming my time, Director. It sounds like if you don't know the number it could at least be a thousand times. It's not. It's not. Is it at least 500 times? No. Is it at least 100 times? No. Then what's the number? I don't know the number. I understand why the victims are frustrated and the Attorney General acknowledged what Mr. Patel would not acknowledge, that it was way more than a thousand times. I want to move, Madam Attorney General, to weaponization of government. Yesterday it was reported that six members of Congress had indictments sought against him and they were not returned by a grand jury. My colleagues have spoken about their frustration of being in subpoenas and having cell phone records combed through. In 2017 and 2018, Adam Schiff and I had our cell phone records and email records combed through, not by you but a different Department of Justice under the President. It was in retaliation for our role in the Russia interference campaign. An Inspector General report would find this improper and that the predicate for it was absurd. In 2020, after sitting on two committees that were a part of the President's first impeachment, an FBI agent leaked my cooperation in a national security case where my campaign was targeted. The President's FBI senior leadership authorized two statements to the press that said I was never suspected of wrongdoing and only helped the investigation, but that didn't stop the death threats or my GOP colleagues from referring me to an ethics investigation where Kevin McCarthy's chairman on the ethics committee would find the same thing as the FBI. Our current FBI director would then write a book called Government Gangsters and identify a long list of enemies, about a quarter of them have been either investigated or indicted. He listed me at the very top along with Adam Schiff and during that same testimony refused to recuse himself when asked if he would recuse if any case came across his desk involving me or people on that list. Since that testimony, his department has put me under investigation with Senator Schiff for the nonsense mortgage fraud cases that we've seen. I get it. This is what the President does. I've priced it in. We have a bingo card at home that my kids have made of what will come next. I expected that the President would come after his enemies, but what I want to talk to you next is serious and I did not expect this would happen and I'd like your help on it. The President has inspired death threats against me and many sitting up here with me. In June 2025, an individual left 11 voicemails at my district office. On the voicemails they said, get the message to him. I'm going to hunt down that ************ and toss his ass over the Golden Gate Bridge by my ******* self. Donald Trump's Department of Justice in the Northern District of California declined to prosecute. On May 14, 2025, on Twitter, responding to something I posted, an individual said, no, it wasn't Eric and now I'm going to kill you. The Department of Justice from the Southern District of Texas declined to prosecute. May through December of 2025, we received messages at my office that said, I hope somebody shoots you and your children and your wife in the head. Pew, pew, ************, pew, pew. I would stay indoors as much as possible and my children, unfortunately, have to do that. The Department of Justice has not charged this individual and cited that he's a prolific caller and has health conditions. Although what we have found in our own investigation and his voicemails is that he has said he will employ others to do this. The president can come after me. It's fine. I'm in the arena. So are these folks. But we never expected that the Department of Justice would not seek to prosecute and investigate those who are making threats against us. And that would include those on that side of the aisle. And I'm just asking for your help to protect life because life is at risk with the environment we're in right now. Congressman, I completely agree with you. I know about several of those personally involving you. I believe one has been charged publicly. And there's something I would be happy to talk to you about off camera. But I can assure you that they are very serious. They are being looked into. And I can give you more details on those. None of you should be threatened ever. None of your children should be threatened. None of your families should be threatened. And I will work with you can come into my office any day. I will work with all of you on both sides of the aisle if you are ever threatened. And I would I'll gladly talk to you after this hearing about your cases. But I can tell you some of them are very active.