CNN’s Kaitlan Collins just put Hakeem Jeffries in the heat seat about Epstein for over two minutes straight on national television.
Jeffries tried to dodge questions about his and his party’s connections, but Collins came at him like a locomotive.
She started with Stacey Plaskett:
COLLINS: “Do you think it was appropriate for her to be texting with Jeffrey Epstein, 11 years after he pleaded guilty?”
JEFFRIES: “I mean, I have not had a conversation with Stacey Plaskett to discuss this issue because we’ve been focused today on making sure that there was a decisive vote as it related to the Epstein files and the release.”
COLLINS: “Do you plan to talk to her about it?”
JEFFRIES: “I think that we……successfully defeated a resolution that lacked any basis, was not credible and was being brought by an individual who was trying to weaponize this issue to reinvigorate his own failed gubernatorial campaign in south Carolina.”
“It was rejected on a bipartisan basis on the floor today. That’s the end of the story.”
COLLINS: “Yeah, I was just asking if you personally believe messaging with Jeffrey Epstein, who is at that point a registered sex offender, is appropriate for a member of the House Democratic caucus?”
Jeffries, clearly feeling the hear, snapped back:
JEFFRIES: “That’s the third time you’ve asked me this question, and I’m going to give you the same exact answer.”
“Our focus today is on making sure that the Jeffrey Epstein files were released. If you want to have a conversation with Stacey Plaskett about it, I’m sure she’d be willing to talk to you.”
“It was an illegitimate effort to try to remove her from the House Committee on Intelligence, and that was defeated in a bipartisan way.”
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