"Stone-Cold Liar:" Chairman Comer Slams Hakeem Jeffries for Lying About His Campaign's Solicitation for Epstein Cash

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman
James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered a speech on the House floor exposing
Democrats’ connections to Jeffrey Epstein and their failed anti-Trump
hoax, following the Oversight Committee’s release of more than 30,000
pages of documents from the Epstein estate. In his remarks, Chairman
Comer detailed how an email within the documents shows House Minority
Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-N.Y.) campaign solicited money from Jeffrey
Epstein five years after his conviction for child sex crimes. This week,
Leader Jeffries called Chairman Comer a “stone-cold liar” for stating
this fact. Chairman Comer called on Leader Jeffries to acknowledge the
communication and tell the truth.  

Thank you, Madam Speaker. 

I’ve taken to the floor today to respond to Minority Leader Hakeem
Jeffries calling me a, quote, “stone-cold liar,” during a press
conference defending the recent discovery of Democrats’ communications
with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

And I bring with me something that he and many of his fellow Democrats,
Democrats like Jamie Raskin, Jasmine Crockett and Stacey Plaskett,
apparently detest. 

And that is a thing called evidence. 

On Tuesday, I gave a speech on the House floor detailing the House
Oversight Committee’s good work to date on our Epstein investigation.
After all, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrats in Congress, and their allies
in the corporate media have been demanding a full release of the Epstein
documents for months, including all the documents from the Epstein
estate. 

So, without hesitation, I subpoenaed all of the Jeffrey Epstein estate
documents. Because I, as well as my Republican colleagues on the House
Oversight Committee, we want to know what really happened, what went on,
and who was involved in these unspeakable crimes. 

We want justice for the survivors. That’s why we’re doing this
investigation. 

So, the House Oversight Committee obtained over 30,000 pages of
documents from the estate. 

Unlike the Democrats who only released 10 of those over 30,000 pages of
documents, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released every
single document on the website for the American people to see. 

Democrats and many in the media were anxiously clutching their pearls in
anticipation of potential dirt on President Trump. In the end, after
full transparency by the Republicans on the Oversight Committee, there
was nothing new about the President’s former relationship with Epstein,
and certainly nothing scandalous. 

But we did find two sitting Democrat Members of Congress had
communications with Epstein. 

First, it’s been highly reported and debated about Congresswoman Stacey
Plaskett texting during an Oversight Committee hearing with Jeffrey
Epstein while trying to conspire with him to hurt Donald Trump—or
embarrass—Donald Trump. 

But according to Jamie Raskin, that was okay because Mr. Epstein “was
her constituent.” 

How embarrassing a rationale is that? 

But the second communication was this email right here: Hakeem
Jeffries’s campaign reached out directly to Jeffrey Epstein, soliciting
campaign dollars for, quote, “Brooklyn’s Barack.” 

Now, whereas Jamie Raskin explained Plaskett’s texts with Jeffrey
Epstein being communications with a constituent, Hakeem Jeffries denied
its existence. 

He said I was a “cold-stone liar” and then called me names for a second
week in a row. 

Let’s read to make sure. 

“To Jeffrey Epstein” —that’s real Jeffrey Epstein, not Jasmine
Crockett’s Jeffrey Epstein—this is the real Jeffrey Epstein from Hakeem
Jeffries’s campaign. 

“Dear Jeffrey, we are thrilled that we are working with Congressman
Hakeem Jeffries, one of the rising stars of the New York delegation,
sometimes referred to as ‘Brooklyn’s Barack.’ 

[…]

“Hakeem is committed to electing a Democrat majority in 2014 and is
encouraging his friends to participate in a DCCC fundraising dinner with
President Obama and Hakeem Jeffries.” 

It ends with a number for Jeffrey Epstein to call to go to the dinner
and, “get an opportunity to get to know Hakeem better.” 

Here’s the evidence. The email speaks for itself.

The only stone-cold liar in this debate is Hakeem Jeffries. 

So, Mr. Minority leader, take a deep breath, chill out, stop lying, stop
with the juvenile name calling, and own up to the fact that your
campaign solicited campaign cash from Jeffrey Epstein. 

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