Hakeem Jefferies Gets Tripped Up Big Time When Asked About Dem Rep’s Texts With Epstein

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To absolutely no one’s surprise, most of the media has gone radio silent on Stacey Plaskett’s communications with Epstein — even though, in any sane world, that should be a political bombshell. After all, we’re talking about a delegate who not only traded messages with Epstein during a congressional hearing, but also took sizable donations from him and initially resisted returning the money. All of this happened the same year Epstein died in prison awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

But while the press seems determined to memory-hole the whole episode, one determined reporter actually confronted Jeffries about it — and his reaction spoke volumes.

“Why should Americans trust you and House Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files when one of your own—Congresswoman Plaskett—was found to be texting with Jeffrey Epstein during a hearing, getting information from him, using that in her questioning during a congressional hearing, at one point he tells her ‘good job’?” the reporter asked.

The House Democratic leader’s non-answer should be a case study in deflection for political science courses.

“This is a bipartisan effort to make sure that, consistent with what the survivors have requested, that there’s full and complete transparency and every single predator that may be in those Justice Department files doesn’t escape accountability,” Jeffries stammered.Continue reading…

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