Epstein Helped Democratic Lawmaker by Text During Michael Cohen Testimony
Politics,Jeffrey Epstein,Democratic Party,U.S. Virgin Islands,Donald Trump
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Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate indicate that Stacey Plaskett, the Democratic nonvoting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, appears to have exchanged text messages with the sex offender during Michael Cohen’s 2019 House Oversight Committee testimony.
The Washington Post first reported on the messages Friday.
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