Republicans on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday accused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., of “soliciting money from convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein” after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor.
In a social media post, the committee shared what it said was a 2013 email sent by a consulting firm working for Jeffries at the time to someone identified as “Jeffrey,” inviting him to a fundraising dinner with then-President Barack Obama.
“Here are the receipts of ‘Brooklyn Barack’ also known as Hakeem Jeffries’ campaign soliciting money from convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008,” the committee wrote in the post.
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