Speaking in an epic speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. James Comer (R-OH) went nuclear on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, noting that Rep. Jeffries had called him a “liar,” the House Minority Leader’s ties to Epstein were very real.
Beginning his speech, Rep. Comer sounded off on Jeffries by saying, “I’ve taken to the floor today to respond to minority leader Hakeem Jeffries calling me a, ‘stone cold liar,’ during a press conference defending the recent discovery of Democrats’ communication with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,”
Continuing, he noted that he had actually brought evidence to show what Epstein and his Democrat allies had been up to, saying, “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.”
Giving some background on what had happened, he said, “Tuesday, I gave a speech on the House floor detailing my House Oversight committee’s good work to date on our Epstein investigation. After all, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrats in Congress and your 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, who was involved in these unspeakable crimes. We want justice for the survivors. That’s why we’re doing this investigation.”
He continued, on that same point, “So House Oversight 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.”
Still rolling with the same point, and using it as evidence to toast the Democrats for their Epstein ties, he said, “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 communication 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 or embarrass Donald Trump.”
Then, skewering Raskin and Jeffries for
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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, where Hakeem Jeffries’ campaign reached out directly to Jeffrey Epstein, soliciting campaign dollars for the ‘Brooklyn Barack.'”
Then, hammering Jeffries yet further, he said, “Hakeem Jeffries said, ‘Comer is a stone-cold liar,’ and then he reverted to calling me names for the second week in a row.” Using that as an intro to read a message sent to Epstein from the Jeffries campaign, he brought the receipt and said, ‘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 Democratic majority in 2014 and is encouraging his friends to participate the D Triple C fundraising dinner with President Obama and Hakeem Jeffries.’ It ends with a number for Jeffrey Epstein to call to go to the dinner and, quote, get an opportunity to get to know Hakeem better. Here’s the evidence. The email speaks for itself.”
Watch him here:
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