From Fox News: Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was ridiculed as “dishonest” and “sick” after arguing from the House floor that his former law school student and colleague was only “taking a phone call from her constituent” when she was texting disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 House hearing.
Republicans on Tuesday, led by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced a resolution to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett for “inappropriate coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,” which it says “reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives.”
Plaskett was caught texting Epstein, whose primary residence was in the U.S. Virgin Islands, during a 2019 hearing when former Trump attorney Michael Cohen was testifying about his work with the president amid an ongoing probe into Trump’s business dealings and matters tied to the 2016 election.
“They want to give them another headline! Which is, that they’ve arraigned a Democratic member for taking a phone call from her constituent, Jeffrey Epstein, in the middle of a hearing. And, of course, I don’t think there are any rules here against taking phone calls in a hearing,” Raskin exclaimed on the House floor Tuesday afternoon amid Congress’s efforts to pass a bill aimed at censuring Plaskett.
Raskin’s stunning defense continued, as he claimed, “Are we saying just because they were on a phone call, they’re guilty of something? We should strip them of their committee assignments. We should censure them. Have we gotten to that point? I mean, come on!”
The White House Rapid Response team posted a video of Raskin’s tirade and wrote, “Jamie Raskin — one of the worst to ever disgrace the halls of Congress — says @StaceyPlaskett was just “taking a phone call from her constituent” when she colluded with a convicted sex offender during a committee hearing. These people are SICK!”
Jamie Raskin — one of the worst to ever disgrace the halls of Congress — says @StaceyPlaskett was just “taking a phone call from her constituent” when she colluded with a convicted sex offender during a committee hearing.
These people are SICK! https://t.co/t2mgClf8FK pic.twitter.com/JmnwR1OeaQ
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 18, 2025
Investigative journalist Walter Curt also mocked Raskin for calling Epstein a “constituent” and write, “This entire circus has backfired spectacularly for the Democrats. How absurd.”
“The spin is outrageous,” declared CJ Pearson.
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