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5:39Now PlayingRepublicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, Jim Jordan, James Comer, Eric Burlison and more all attempt to run and hide from evidence of Donald Trump's dark past, even when confronted with it in person. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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House Republican Refuses To Look at Trump’s Reported Letter to Epstein‘I Don’t Wanna See It’
"On Tuesday, CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with some Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Members he spoke with repeated Trump’s insistence that the letter did not come from him.
“The president said he did not sign it, so I take the president at his word,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) told Raju.
“I trust what the president said,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) declared.
Another reporter asked Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) if he believes Trump sent the note. “I don’t,” Johnson replied.
“I just don’t buy it,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) insisted.
The most amusing exchange, however, was between Raju and Burlison, who said he would like to see a handwriting analysis done on the letter, so long as the analyst isn’t him"
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