Jeffries says Republicans are trying to ‘cover up for the pedophiles’ amid standstill vote over ex-Trump friend Epstein
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, scolded his Republican colleagues amid a standstill on a vote to release FBI files related to convicted sex trafficker–and former friend of President Donald Trump–Jeffrey Epstein. “Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That’s crazy,” Jeffries told Jen Psaki, host of MSNBC’s “The Briefing” on Wednesday. The vote to unseal the Epstein files has become a political vulnerability for Republicans, given the billionaire […]
