Patel’s statement came after reports of infighting between him, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and their boss, Attorney General Pam Bondi, over an FBI-Justice Department disclosure last week that Epstein died by suicide and that he kept no “client list”—the subject of whirling conspiracy theories among the president’s supporters.

F BI Director Kash Patel has denied rumours that he plans to resign following internal tensions over a Justice Department decision to close the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The speculation had been growing amid criticism from hardline conservatives over the lack of new disclosures in the case.

EXCLUSIVE: The FBI is shutting down the J. Edgar Hoover building and moving its headquarters to a new location in Washington.

FBI Director Kash Patel is making bureau staff take polygraph tests to root out anyone who’s been talking trash about him, according to a report. Patel has ramped up the FBI’s use of the lie-detector tests—often deemed too unreliable to use as evidence in criminal courts—in order to keep tabs on his own people and stamp out leaks.

FBI Director Kash Patel says he's not leaving the agency. "The conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been. It’s an honor to serve the President of the United States @realDonaldTrump — and I’ll continue to do so for as long as he calls on me," he wrote on X.

After a tense Friday marked by an unprecedented clash between the FBI and the DOJ over the mishandling of the Epstein case, the White House said reports of the alleged clash between FBI deputy director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi are baseless.

According to The Daily Wire, the 45-year-old Indian-origin FBI chief Kash Patel is upset over the lack of transparency in the way Bondi is managing the Epstein files. His frustration is reportedly linked to documents that are yet to be released by the Attorney General's office.

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly used polygraph tests to determine if his employees had ever spoken negatively about him.