Epstein texted with House Democrat during Cohen hearing, documents show
Politics,Jeffrey Epstein,Democratic Party,U.S. Virgin Islands,Donald Trump
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The newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show that the convicted sex offender texted with a Democratic member of Congress, Del. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands, during a congressional hearing with Michael Cohen, and that those text messages may have influenced the congresswoman’s questions of Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer.
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