Jeffrey Epstein communicated with the FBI despite claims made by FBI Director Kash Patel that he did not.

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Patel, 45, appeared before the House Oversight Committee and was asked by Sen. Chuck Grassley if Jeffrey Epstein was an “intelligence asset for the United States government or the foreign government.”

The director responded to this question by stating, “Mr. Chairman, I can only speak to the FBI as the director of the FBI, and Mr. Epstein was not a source for the FBI.”

Epstein, who died at age 66 in August 2019, did, however, engage with at least one FBI case agent, according to a memo from the agency obtained by PEOPLE. That internal document, from Sept. 18, 2008, stated that “Epstein has also provided information to the FBI as agreed upon.”

The document was included as part of a subfile in the federal investigation into Epstein relating to possible asset forfeiture as a result of his crimes.

That subfile was created in 2006, and also revealed that the federal investigation into Epstein continued even after he signed his now infamous non-prosecution agreement in September 2007.

A February 2008 memo said that the special agent assigned to the case had said “the criminal investigation into activities of Jeffrey Epstein is ongoing.” It also stated that the case was “currently pending a prosecutorial decision at the [United States Attorney’s Office].”

Most of the information in the memos came from meetings the special agent had with Assistant U.S. Attorney Antonia J. Barnes.

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The September 2008 memo not only said that Epstein “provided information to the FBI,” but also closed out that subfile and the asset forfeiture investigation. “Case agent advised that no federal prosecution will occur in this matter as long as Epstein continues to uphold his agreement with the state of Florida,” the memo said.

That is a reference to the forfeiture agreement that Epstein made as part of his non prosecution agreement in which he waived his right to contest liability or damages in any lawsuits filed against him by individuals who had been designated as victims by the United States Attorney’s Office after he served most of his 18-month prison sentence before being released in July 2009.

Epstein would later make over $120 million in posthumous payments as part of a victim’s compensation fund set up by his estate.

There is now a battle in Congress regarding the release of the Epstein investigation files after the Trump administration claimed that the client list they had promised to release for months does not exist.

Patel, meanwhile, claimed during the same House Oversight Committee hearing on Sept. 16 that he is unable to release a number of the files related to the Epstein investigation because he lacks jurisdiction.

In September, Epstein’s victims have said they are working to assemble their own client list of men and women they were trafficked to by Epstein.

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