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'Is It About Justice or Politics?': Rep. Mike Lawler on Epstein Fallout
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14:14Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump called a birthday note he allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein a “dead issue,” seeking to tamp down mounting questions over his past interactions with the late disgraced financier.
“I don’t comment on something that’s a dead issue,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, a day after House Democrats released a copy of the letter that was produced in response to a congressional subpoena of Epstein’s estate. “I gave all comments to the staff. It’s a dead issue.”
The document reignited an uproar against the Trump administration over its handling of documents related to Epstein, including pressure from some of the president’s own supporters to provide more transparency on the investigation into the convicted sex offender and his associates.
Questions about Trump’s prior links to Epstein intensified on Monday after congressional Democrats released the alleged birthday note along with a trove of other documents. Those documents, received by the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the sex-trafficking operation run by Epstein, include his last will and testament, entries from his address and contact books and information about his known bank accounts.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R) New York discusses House Democrats releasing the Epstein letter that President Trump allegedly signed and shares his concern that he is not sure whether or not the conversation on releasing these Epstein files is about seeking justice or for politics. Representative Lawler also talks about the need to keep the government funded, and if Israel's strike in Qatar will damage relationships between the US & Qatar and the US & Israel. He speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kriti Gupta on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power."
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