Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, recently took to his podcast, "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words," to critique Democratic Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett's assertions regarding a redacted document related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Hanson's commentary was sparked by Crockett's claim that Republicans were responsible for the redaction, a point that was swiftly corrected by CNN host Pamela Brown.
According to Western Journal, House Democrats had released a series of Epstein's emails, one of which suggested that President Donald Trump had knowledge of Epstein's illicit activities and had spent time with a victim named Virginia Giuffre. This victim's name, however, had been redacted.
During her appearance on CNN's "The Situation Room," Crockett insinuated that Republicans were behind the redaction, a claim that Brown refuted, stating that it was, in fact, the Democrats who had redacted the name.
Hanson, seizing on this correction, humorously imitated Crockett on his podcast, saying, "Did you see the CNN host say, when she said, And you know, when they have this victim and her name is, you know, its excised, blacked out, we dont know if thats the right person, that they did that, the [Republicans]. And the CNN person goes, Actually, that was the Democrats that put the black marking on the name and hid it while it was in their custody."
Hanson further commented on the situation, predicting that if Crockett continued to be fact-checked on air, her television appearances might dwindle. He added, "'Well, thats what, thats what I said! theyre, theyre fact-checking her now. And when you get to that point, the next point will be she wont be on TV anymore."
During the CNN segment, Brown displayed the email in question and highlighted Giuffre's 2016 deposition statement, where she confirmed that Trump had not engaged in any sexual acts with Epstein's victims during her time with him. When asked about her thoughts on the email and whether she could confirm the redacted name as Giuffre's, Crockett responded, "Yeah, I dont know. Obviously, its redacted who the victim is, so I wont necessarily take the Republicans word on who it is thats redacted."
Trump, on July 29, informed reporters that he had severed ties with Epstein after he "stole" female employees from Mar-a-Lago, which he believed included Giuffre. Furthermore, in an NBC News interview on September 3, several victims stated that they had not seen or heard of any misconduct by Trump during his association with Epstein.
Crockett also inaccurately suggested that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin had accepted political donations from Epstein. However, the funds Zeldin received were from a different individual named Jeffrey Epstein. Crockett later clarified on CNN's "The Source" that she had not intended to "mislead people."
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