{"id":111066,"date":"2025-11-19T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/plaskett-justifies-text-exchange-with-epstein-says-you-get-information-from-people-where-you-can-111066"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:42:27","slug":"plaskett-justifies-text-exchange-with-epstein-says-you-get-information-from-people-where-you-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/plaskett-justifies-text-exchange-with-epstein-says-you-get-information-from-people-where-you-can-111066","title":{"rendered":"Plaskett justifies text exchange with Epstein, says &#8216;you get information from people where you can&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., defended her text messages with convicted sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> during a CNN interview Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In response to backlash and a Republican-led censure effort over the 2019 texts, the Virgin Islands&#8217; nonvoting delegate in Congress said she was seeking information from Epstein, not forming a friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And as a prosecutor, you get information from people where you can,&#8221; Plaskett told CNN\u2019s &#8220;The Situation Room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/khanna-massie-greene-urge-senate-pass-epstein-bill-unchanged-warn-reckoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>KHANNA, MASSIE, GREENE URGE SENATE TO PASS EPSTEIN BILL UNCHANGED, WARN OF \u2018RECKONING&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus led a bid Tuesday night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-freedom-caucus-bid-censure-democrat-over-epstein-links-goes-down-flames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to censure Plaskett<\/a> after text messages between her and Epstein, exchanged during the February 2019 congressional testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, surfaced online.<\/p>\n<p>The texts, exchanged during Cohen\u2019s 2019 hearing \u2014 where he accused President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> of arranging payments to hide alleged extramarital affairs during his 2016 campaign \u2014 show Epstein taking a strong interest in Plaskett&#8217;s questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The messages appeared to show Epstein influencing Plaskett\u2019s line of questioning. In one exchange, Epstein wrote, &#8220;He\u2019s opened the door to questions re who are the other henchmen at Trump Org.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jeffrey-epstein-saga-continues-congress-returns-recess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>JEFFREY EPSTEIN SAGA CONTINUES AS CONGRESS RETURNS FROM RECESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plaskett replied at the time, &#8220;Yup. Very aware and waiting my turn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The censure motion against Plaskett failed after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic leaders<\/a> defended her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-dem-slammed-sick-defense-colleague-caught-texting-epstein-during-2019-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Jamie Raskin<\/a>, D-Md., called the attempt &#8220;one more pathetic effort to distract and divert attention from the fact that the president&#8217;s name appeared more than a thousand times already in the small fraction of material released on Epstein.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Plaskett dismissed suggestions that her texts with Epstein indicated a friendship, saying she was solely trying to gather information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believed that Jeffrey Epstein had information, and I was going to get information to get at the truth. Having a friendship with him is not something that I would deem to have,&#8221; she told CNN, adding, &#8220;I\u2019m just moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether her conduct represented an &#8220;error in judgment&#8221; since Epstein had already been accused of sex trafficking at the time, Plaskett responded, &#8220;There are a lot of people who have done a lot of crimes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve interviewed confidential informants. I&#8217;ve interviewed narcotics, drug traffickers and others,&#8221; Plaskett said. &#8220;And that doesn&#8217;t mean that I&#8217;m their friend, that doesn\u2019t mean that they are friendly with me, it means they have information that I need, and that I\u2019m trying to get at the truth and that\u2019s what I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dem-lawmaker-justifies-text-exchange-epstein-says-information-from-people-where-can\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dem-lawmaker-justifies-text-exchange-epstein-says-information-from-people-where-can <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., defended her text messages with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a CNN interview Wednesday. 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