From Fox News: A House Freedom Caucus-led bid to strip a member of the House Democratic Caucus of her role on a high-profile committee after her ties to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed earlier this month failed on Tuesday night.
Lawmakers voted against censuring Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., the Virgin Islands’ nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives, over newly surfaced text messages between her and Epstein that were exchanged during the February 2019 congressional testimony of Michael Cohen.
The censure had also included language to remove Plaskett from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which oversees entities like the FBI and CIA and regularly receives classified briefings on matters of national security.
Three Republicans joined Democrats to kill the measure, while three more Republicans voted “present.” It ultimately failed in a 209-214 vote.
The three Republican congress members who voted “no” in the effort to punish Plaskett were: Lance Gooden, R-Texas, Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Dave Joyce, R-Ohio.
Three other Republicans voted “present”: Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., Dan Meuser, R-Pa., and Jay Obernolte, R-Calif.
Plaskett threw a mad fit on the house floor, and raged, “You want to talk about texting felons, how often do you text President Donald Trump? Thats the individual we should be concerned about.”
BREAKING: Stacey Plaskett is having a MELTDOWN after having a censure resolution brought against her.
She looks PETRIFIED! All she has is “BUT TRUMP.”
This woman should be EXILED from DC PERMANENTLY. pic.twitter.com/Go6lGEMxJL
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 18, 2025
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), who led the effort to censure Plaskett, announced after the vote, “The House failed to pass my censure of Dem. Stacey Plaskett, a sitting member of Congress who took direction from Epstein in the middle of a 2019 Oversight Committee hearing.”
“This is the problem in Washington!! The establishment protects ITSELF, and the American people get pushed ASIDE. What happened to accountability?” he demanded.
🚨The House failed to pass my censure of Dem. Stacey Plaskett, a sitting member of Congress who took direction from Epstein in the middle of a 2019 Oversight Committee hearing.
This is the problem in Washington!! The establishment protects ITSELF, and the American people get…
— Rep. Ralph Norman (@RepRalphNorman) November 19, 2025
New Epstein files show Rep. @StaceyPlaskett got real-time help via text messages from Jeffrey Epstein on how to hurt Trump during 2019 congressional hearing with former Trump attorney. Plaskett is the person who smeared us during Twitter Files hearing & falsely accused @mtaibbi pic.twitter.com/U0mzrfNuTC
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 15, 2025
JUST IN: The House votes against censuring Democrat Stacey Plaskett after estate records showed she was texting Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing. pic.twitter.com/8ovppQVABm
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 19, 2025
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