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Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced a resolution to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., the Virgin Islands' nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

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"You're just not gonna get away with this" -- Van Order repeatedly deflects from questions about Trump's friendship with Epstein by bringing up Stacey Plaskett

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-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Nov 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM

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The Congress folk defending her on the House floor are ridiculous.

Every media story, any leaning, is pointing out her actions were so bad, censure is a light sentence

#1 | Posted by Petrous at 2025-11-18 06:33 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Texting Epstein? Bad.
Banging underage girls with Epstein? Great. I mean my god, they were 15, not 5, right Republicans?

#2 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-11-18 07:39 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Dem Rep About to Be Censured for Texting with Epstein
Posted by boaz

Swing and a miss

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-11-19 12:59 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Update:

The House voted 209-214 Tuesday night against formally reprimanding Del. Stacey Plaskett for communicating with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 Oversight Committee hearing. The Democratic delegate will keep her House Intel post after the House voted down a formal reprimand.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-19 01:58 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

" The House voted 209-214 Tuesday night against formally reprimanding Del. Stacey Plaskett for communicating ... ."

Good. Just because she communicated with him doesn't mean she was in any way involved with his sexploitation evils.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-19 02:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

doesn't mean she was in any way involved with his sexploitation evils.

No one even remotely suggested she was.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-19 02:15 AM | Reply

Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) is the first person of color now implicated in this sordid mess.

Why she kept her position in the HPSCI was a mystery to me, until I read that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) personally selected the first Delegate from the US Virgin Islands to ever sit on this important committee.

Gotta keep the, um, "secrets" safe, right?

plaskett.house.gov

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-19 02:23 AM | Reply

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) appears in the released emails. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) charged that Jeffries's campaign "solicited money from Jeffrey Epstein."

nypost.com

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-19 05:24 AM | Reply

This is such a white reaction it smells of wet dog.

#9 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-11-19 07:07 AM | Reply

Like I said, there's alot of Democrats that will get caught up in this. Dont really know if it was a good idea for them to have these files released.

Especially if there is no smoking gun on Trump in there. But I guess it's good for the country to see all this. I'm wondering what other Republican "dogs that didn't bark" are going to be caught up in this as well.

#10 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-19 07:43 AM | Reply | Funny: 2

No one even remotely suggested she was.

But even dealing with the man in the first place is the problem. Even after he was convicted the first time, she was still texting him, basically on the phone with him, while she was in a hearing.

Got to be a no-no.

#11 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-19 07:45 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Just incredibly dishonest. Plaskett helped Epstein while serving in the Virgin Islands gov w/ tax credits, went on to work directly for Epstein's fixer, then received lavish campaign support from Epstein and his aides to clinch her election victory," Fang said in response to Raskin's comments.

Fang previously reported in 2023 that Plaskett, despite attempting to distance herself from the disgraced financier and claiming she had no knowledge of campaign donations made to her from Epstein, that was not the case.

"Plaskett not only repeatedly sought financial contributions from Epstein and had multiple face-to-face encounters with him, but she also worked directly for a St. Thomas-based law firm that played a role in cultivating influence for Epstein's clandestine activities," Fang wrote at the time.

He also added that Plaskett's involvement with Epstein could potentially even go further back because she previously served as an attorney on the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority that granted Epstein hundreds of millions in alleged "improperly obtained tax exemptions over the course of two decades."

And this was all after he was convicted the first time.

#12 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-19 07:50 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"I heard recently from someone that I was taking advice from him," Plaskett added in her defense from the House floor Tuesday. "Let me tell you something. I don't need to get advice on how to question anybody from any individual. I have been a lawyer for 30 years."

But they were actively talking about how to question someone DURING THE HEARING. He even said "Good job" to her when she finished.

Nothing sketchy here.

#13 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-19 07:53 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"But even dealing with the man in the first place is the problem."

Not a standard you hold Trump to, so why bother?

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 08:33 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Why did the decomposing orange pedo spends hours with Virginia Giuffre in his wingman's lair?

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-19 08:47 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#10 So what if there's alot of Democrats that will get caught up in this?

You make it sound like that's a downside.

It isn't.

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-19 08:48 AM | Reply

#15 Well, according to BJ boi, the Trump was working with Virginia Giuffre in bringing down the Epstein.

Or was it Bell Hop boi?

Or Boazo boi?

I can never keep these bois around here straight.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-19 08:51 AM | Reply

BoBo yells at Repugs on House floor after censure of Democrat fails

thehill.com

LOL

#18 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-19 09:05 AM | Reply

Not a standard you hold Trump to, so why bother?

I do. Trump got rid of him. I don't care why. Just that he did drop Epstein.

She was talking to this guy AFTER he was convicted and a known pedo. During a congressional meeting, questioning his enemy no doubt.

#19 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-19 09:07 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Why did the decomposing orange pedo spends hours with Virginia Giuffre in his wingman's lair?

No context here. All I know is, Giuffre said Trump never bothered her. He never fucked her. That's all that matters.

Why are YOU trying to insinuate something else?

#20 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-19 09:09 AM | Reply

Trump rolled out the red carpet for the King of Saudi Arabia after the king's goons took a bone saw to a journalist critical of Saudi Arabia.

So, no, you don't hold Trump to any standards at all. You lying piece of shit.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:09 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Why are YOU trying to insinuate something else?

Because pedo 47 is a serial rapist.

#22 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-19 09:11 AM | Reply

"All I know is, Giuffre said Trump never bothered her. He never fucked her."

So you've got the answer you need and you're just skipping over this part!

"The White House has confirmed that Virginia Giuffre, the late prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, is the unnamed "victim" referenced in newly released Epstein emails that mention President Donald Trump."

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:11 AM | Reply

"Trump got rid of him. I don't care why."

That much is clear.
You don't even know why.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:12 AM | Reply

Boaz, Your mommy had too much Tylenol when you were still a mistake in her womb.

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:13 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Did anybody actually give 2 shits about the fact Epstein was a pedophile?

apparently, he was an asset....until he wasn't.

The pedo stuff was just a problem for law enforcement. Not Congress or the White House.

Epstein was a friend to many folks in DC. The pedo stuff was just a distraction....until he ends up in a jail cell.

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-19 09:14 AM | Reply

Boaz, do you feel like you derive your strength from the White Masters who raped your forgotten, anonymous Black Slave female ancestors?

That would explain why you think Trump is strong, for raping the weak.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:14 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Did anybody actually give 2 shits about the fact Epstein was a pedophile?"

The GOP cared enough to shut down Congress and then the whole government.

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:15 AM | Reply

JFC, someone is on speed.

#29 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-19 09:15 AM | Reply

JFC someone is a piece of shit.

#30 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:21 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"The pedo stuff was just a distraction."

On the off chance that there's another half to your half-witted commentary:
The pedo stuff was just a distraction... from what?

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:37 AM | Reply

"And this was all after he was convicted the first time."

And you voted for Trump after he was convicted of 37 felonies.

So, no, you don't hold Trump to any standards at all. You lying piece of shit.

#32 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 09:39 AM | Reply

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