House REJECTS Censuring Democrat Rep. Plaskett for Texting with Epstein During Cohen Hearing

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A resolution to censure Rep. Stacey Plaskett, the Democrat congresswoman caught texting with Jeffrey Epstein during Michael Cohen’s 2019 hearing, has just failed in the House of Representatives.

The final vote was 209-214-3 (three Republicans voted ‘present.’)

Every single Democrat, and three Republicans, voted against the resolution.

Here are the details:

🚨 BREAKING: In a pathetic move, US House REJECTS censuring Democrat Stacey Plaskett over her collusion with Epstein to harm Donald Trump in 2019

EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTED TO PROTECT HER.

You disgust America, Dems. You’re in leagues with Epstein and you just got exposed!

3 Republicans crossed the aisle for Plaskett. 3 Democrats did not vote.

Absolutely despicable.

Once again, Democrats have proven that they don’t really care about Epstein.

Not as much as protecting their own.

The Hill reported:

The House on Tuesday evening rejected a House Freedom Caucus-pushed resolution to formally censure Democratic Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett and to remove her from the House Intelligence Committee over recently-released documents that show she consulted with Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 hearing.

The vote was 209-214-3. Three Republicans voted “no” with all Democrats, and three Republicans voted present.

Rejection of the resolution comes just hours after the House passed, and the Senate approved, a bill directing the Department of Justice to release files related to the late sex offender and wealthy financier. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) introduced the resolution.

If the resolution passed, Democrats were expected to immediately bring up a retaliatory resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.). A judge had granted Mills’s ex-girlfriend a restraining order against Mills last month.

Documents from the Epstein estate released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week show Plaskett texting with Epstein during a hearing with Michael Cohen, a former fixer for President Trump, in February 2019 — after a major Miami Herald investigation into Epstein’s sex crimes ran in 2018.

The Washington Post reported that during the hearing, Epstein suggested that Plaskett ask Cohen about Trump’s former executive assistant. Plaskett did so. After the hearing, Epstein texted her, “good work.”

The censure resolution says Plaskett “was actively coached by Epstein during the hearing, received instructions on specific lines of questioning, and was congratulated afterwards with the message ‘Good work.’”

Prior to the vote, Rep. Plaskett defended herself by claiming that neither she nor the public knew Epstein was a perverted criminal at the time of the hearing in 2019.

Watch this:

But, Plaskett’s defense is riddled with BS.

While it may have been true that no one knew he was the subject of a federal investigation and would be convicted later that year, Epstein had been previously charged for exploiting young girls in 2006.

Fox News noted:

“I got a text from Jeffrey Epstein, who, at the time was my constituent — who was not public knowledge at that time, that he was under federal investigation — and who was sharing information with me,” she said in her own defense on Tuesday.

Plaskett also pointed out her years of experience as a prosecutor when arguing she was not seeking advice on her line of questioning.

It’s worth noting, however, that while the federal probe into Epstein was not public knowledge, he first faced charges related to the exploitation of underaged girls as early as 2006.

She knew.

And that makes it so much worse.

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