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The newly released messages from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate reveal something grotesque: Epstein was texting with a sitting member of Congress in real time during the February 2019 Michael Cohen hearing. Video and the documents line up — the timestamps show Epstein watching the testimony and messaging his contact as she prepared to question Cohen. This isn’t a harmless chit-chat; it’s a predator inserting himself into the work of Congress and the public record.
The content of the exchanges is damning: Epstein alerted his contact when Cohen mentioned Trump’s longtime assistant, cheered “Good work” after the questioning, and even commented on the lawmaker’s appearance and behavior. Those messages line up with the lawmaker’s live questioning and strongly suggest outside coaching from a convicted sex offender during an official hearing. Americans shouldn’t have to accept that a child trafficker could be whispering into the ear of a member of Congress while the nation watched.
When confronted, the lawmaker — Del. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands — tried to dodge responsibility by calling Epstein a “constituent” and insisting she was merely gathering information as a former prosecutor. That defense is unsatisfying and insulting to victims who saw Epstein for what he was long before 2019. The optics are poisonous: Democrats who once weaponized hearings for moral outrage now circle the wagons when their own are implicated.
Republicans moved to censure Plaskett — a modest demand for accountability — but the effort failed on a party-line vote, with House Democrats blocking removal and a few Republicans weakening the action. That result only confirms what many Americans already suspect: Washington protects itself first and voters second. If the system won’t police its own, it’s no wonder trust in our institutions is collapsing.
Conservative voices in the Senate have been clear that the Epstein files must see the light of day, and senators like Rand Paul have backed efforts to force transparency so the public can judge for itself. This episode is exactly why conservatives pushed for full disclosure — not to settle partisan scores, but to tear the veil off the swamp and let the American people decide who broke the public trust. We need facts, not cover-ups.
President Trump has signed legislation to compel the Justice Department to release unclassified Epstein files, and Attorney General Pam Bondi has signaled the DOJ will comply while protecting genuine investigative needs. That’s a start, but words mean nothing without aggressive follow-through: every page should be reviewed, victims protected, and any public official who coordinated with a monster must explain themselves under oath. Hardworking Americans deserve a justice system that answers to them, not to powerful interests or party loyalty.
