'Stone-cold liar': Top House Dem lashes out at Comer for accusing him of soliciting Epstein donations

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries D-N Y fired back at accusations that he may have had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein or solicited donations from the disgraced financier on Wednesday He s a stone-cold liar Jeffries mentioned of James Comer R-Ky the chairman of the House Oversight Committee The day before Comer had disclosed the Committee had uncovered communications where fundraisers had tried to arrange a private meeting between Jeffries and Epstein in According to Comer the emails had been discovered among the pages of in recent months disclosed documents from the Department of Justice or DOJ EPSTEIN ESTATE HIT WITH NEW HOUSE SUBPOENA FOR 'CLIENT LIST ' CALL LOGS I have no idea what James Comer is talking about in terms of anything any prior consultant may have sent Jeffries added Jeffries remarks come on the heels of congressional passage of a bill that would require the DOJ to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein Epstein who died in while incarcerated on suspicion of having sex-trafficked underage casualties had amassed an impressive social circle including figures like President Donald Trump former President Bill Clinton and others The community has demanded further transparency on whether Epstein used his connections to facilitate illegal sexual encounters for the rich and powerful in return for favors or to secure leverage over them HAKEEM JEFFRIES REFUSES THREE TIMES TO ANSWER QUESTION ABOUT APPROPRIATENESS OF PLASKETT'S EPSTEIN MESSAGESThe U S House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Tuesday evening in a - vote Moments later the Senate unanimously adopted the bill sending it to President Donald Trump s desk for his signature The files disclosed by the House Oversight Committee aren t population because of Tuesday's transparency act They are materials produced by the DOJ in cooperation with requests from the committee The Transparency Act is expected to release far more files than what the committee has received so far Circulation has swirled about what prominent figures might get caught up in those more extensive revelations Jeffries who voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act expressed anger at the suggestion his name might surface in further disclosures Was that a serious announcement from malignant clown James Comer That I had Jeffrey Epstein over for dinner That I accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein KHANNA MASSIE GREENE URGE SENATE TO PASS EPSTEIN BILL UNCHANGED WARN OF RECKONING This is all part of an effort to deflect from their failures as a House Majority to deal with the issues of importance to everyday Americans Jeffries declared The Epstein Files Transparency Act gives the DOJ days to comply with the bill s disclosure requirements