Jeffries continues to defend Plaskett and condemn ‘dramatic overreach’ in censure vote
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) defended the bipartisan decision to reject a censure resolution targeting Representative Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) related to her 2019 communications with the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffries criticized Representative Ralph Norman (R-SC) for proposing the censure as a political stunt aimed at appealing to South Carolina voters.The resolution was defeated as it was seen as an excessive measure, especially as it involved removing Plaskett from her House committees. The controversy arose after texts between Epstein and plaskett were revealed during a House Oversight Committee hearing. Plaskett has maintained that Epstein was a constituent and condemned his criminal actions, donating any campaign contributions from him to charity. Additionally, the House voted against referring Plaskett to the Ethics Committee.
Jeffries continues to defend Plaskett and condemn ‘dramatic overreach’ in censure vote
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) defended the bipartisan vote against a censure “targeting” Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) on Wednesday.
Jeffries accused Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) of creating a “political stunt by a desperate, failed candidate for governor trying to pander to the people back in South Carolina” on Tuesday in filing the resolution to censure Plaskett.
“I expressed my position on the floor yesterday. My statement speaks for itself,” Jeffries said during a press conference on Wednesday. “In a bipartisan way, a bipartisan way, the resolution that was introduced targeting Stacey Plaskett was defeated. And it was defeated for several reasons, including the fact that it was a dramatic overreach related to throwing her off her committees.”
The late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein texted Plaskett during a 2019 Oversight Committee hearing with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. These texts were revealed as part of a trove of new information released by Epstein’s estate to the committee.
Plaskett has defended her correspondence with Epstein as her communicating with a “constituent.”
“Jeffrey Epstein’s actions were absolutely reprehensible as a constituent,” Plasket said of his convicted crimes, the first of which came in 2008.
HOUSE VOTES DOWN CENSURE RESOLUTION AGAINST STACEY PLASKETT OVER EPSTEIN TEXTS
Police arrested Epstein for the second time on sex trafficking charges in July 2019. Epstein later committed suicide in his prison cell that same year. Several months after the hearing, Plaskett donated Epstein’s contributions to her campaign to charity.
The House also denied an initial vote to refer Plaskett to the Ethics Committee with 214 yeas and 213 nays, and six not voting.
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