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Jasmine Crockett Keeps Digging Her Hole Deeper, Lee Zeldin Just Buried Her In It [WATCH]

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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas appeared [1] on MS NOW’s The Weekend to address comments she made before Thanksgiving about donations listed under the name “Jeffrey Epstein.”

Crockett had previously attempted to connect Republican lawmakers to donations recorded under that name, despite the donations coming from individuals unrelated to the convicted sex offender.

During the interview with host Jacqueline Alemany, Crockett was given an opportunity to clarify the basis of her claims.

She asserted that her comments stemmed from a dispute over efforts by Republicans to remove Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett from her committee assignments.

Crockett said Republicans raised the issue of a donation made to Plaskett by someone named Jeffrey Epstein.

She did not address that the concerns involving Plaskett also included text messages with Epstein during a congressional hearing after his criminal history had been widely reported.

Crockett explained how her initial remarks were formed.

“I had maybe 20 minutes. We researched the FEC and, because I like to speak with specificity — that’s kind of what comes with being an attorney — I made clear that there was a Jeffrey Epstein,” she said.

She claimed Republicans “knew on the other side that I did not have time to actually pull up and actually research, especially since that particular one that Lee Zeldin got up in an uproar about was specifically out of the New York area. We know that he was out of that area and this obviously was not done post Jeffrey Epstein’s life, so I made sure that I said ‘a Jeffrey Epstein.’”

The donation at the center of the exchange with former congressman and current EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin was recorded the year after Epstein died, contradicting Crockett’s claim that it was not “post Jeffrey Epstein’s life.”

Alemany pressed Crockett on her intent, asking whether she had been attempting to imply a link to the well-known Epstein.

“Oh, I absolutely was insinuating that it could be possible. That is true,” Crockett replied.

She added, “But the point is, I never said that it was that specific one because I did not have the adequate time to do it. And so the Jeffrey Epstein has stepped forward and that’s not like, you know, a normal name. And I think that what would have been problematic is if I would have claimed that, say, that happened and it legitimately never happened. So ultimately, he cleared the record. I have not researched further. I’ve not talked to this doctor.”

Crockett concluded by saying, “I can agree that Lee Zeldin has said that he’s not received money from the Jeffrey Epstein,” rather than acknowledging the factual record showing the donation was from a physician sharing the same name.

Zeldin responded publicly.

“In her latest defense of the indefensible, Genius Jasmine Crockett, JD, now claims the donation I received from Dr. Jeffrey Epstein was BEFORE the other Jeffrey Epstein died. That is a LIE and she knows it, hoping there would be no push back from the TV host. The FEC record she has cited as her source shows the date of the donation I received as well AFTER the other Jeffrey Epstein was dead,” he said.

He continued, noting that Crockett’s final remarks suggested her claim “could still be true even though it’s obviously not,” despite her earlier acknowledgment that he had “cleared the record.”

Following the initial exchange, Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, the physician who donated to Zeldin, sent Crockett a small donation as well, resulting in her own campaign now receiving funds from someone with that name.