Democratic Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands just dropped a bombshell by admitting she leaned on texts from none other than Jeffrey Epstein, a notorious sex offender, to shape her questions during a high-stakes congressional hearing.
The Daily Caller reported that Plaskett’s stunning revelation came on Wednesday, centering on her interactions with Epstein during a major hearing involving Michael Cohen, former fixer for President Donald Trump, as she narrowly dodged a censure vote in the House over these troubling communications.
Let’s rewind to seven years ago, when Plaskett was prepping for her five minutes of fame in a hearing about alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.
During her preparation, texts rolled in from various sources, including Epstein, a man whose ties to powerful figures like Lex Wexner and Prince Andrew are well-documented and deeply unsettling.
Plaskett, a seasoned former prosecutor, claims she was just fishing for truth, even if it meant dipping into murky waters with a figure as tainted as Epstein.
But let’s not sugarcoat this—relying on a known predator for intel raises eyebrows, especially when she admits she likely wouldn’t have asked Cohen about a specific individual, “Rhona,” without Epstein’s nudge.
“Probably not,” Plaskett told Pamela Brown on “Situation Room,” conceding that Epstein’s tip influenced her line of questioning, though she insisted she also grilled Cohen on three other figures using info from multiple sources.
Her defense? She’s got 20 years of prosecutorial grit and was juggling input from all corners during a hearing focused on Trump’s inner circle and financial dealings that, she argues, still need deeper scrutiny.
Yet, when Brown pressed her on why she’d even text with a convicted offender, Plaskett’s response felt like a dodge, leaning on her past as a prosecutor who sometimes deals with unsavory types for the greater good.
On the same day as her admission, Plaskett faced a House censure resolution over these texts, scraping by with a 214-209 vote against it, partly thanks to some Republican defections tied to protecting their own, Rep. Cory Mills, from a separate censure push by Rep. Nancy Mace over unrelated allegations.
The close call shows just how divisive this issue is, even if Plaskett wants to frame it as old news from seven years back.
Still, one can’t help but wonder if conservatives and everyday Americans are buying the excuse that this was just business as usual for a prosecutor-turned-politician.
Meanwhile, Epstein’s dark legacy lingers, though some unrelated clarity emerges from his victims, like Virginia Giuffre, who in her posthumous memoir released six months after her tragic suicide, made no accusations against Trump.
Attorney Bradley Edwards, representing some of Epstein’s victims, even noted in a 2018 video, “The only thing that I can say about President Trump is that he is the only person who in 2009, when I served a lot of subpoenas against a lot of people … he is the only person that picked up the phone and said, ‘let’s just talk, I’ll give ya as much time as you want, I’ll tell ya what you need to know.’”
Edwards added that Trump showed no hint of involvement in anything improper, a stark contrast to the web of influence Epstein seems to have spun around figures like Plaskett, reminding us that while some in power steer clear of scandal, others wade right into the swamp.
