Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who has styled himself as a crusader for transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, now faces a critical test of whether his zeal extends to members of his own party.
As reported by RedState, newly released documents show that Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) was far more entangled with Epstein than previously understood, raising serious ethical and political questions. According to multiple emails, she used a pseudonymous account to seek financial backing from Epstein for a new voter file project designed to secure her electoral dominance in the Virgin Islands.
The records indicate that Democratic congresswoman Stacey Plaskett beseeched Jeffrey Epstein for help funding a new voter file that would allow her to completely outperform anyone in any race. Using the email handle LeRoy Daughter, Plaskett approached Epstein on May 5, 2017, asking him to bankroll a one-year effort to create a new voter file of Virgin Islands voters, according to Department of Justice documents.
Her proposal was not some neutral civic database but a targeted political weapon aimed at consolidating power for herself and her allies. The plan, as outlined by Plaskett, was to gather and update detailed information on Virgin Islanders who had voted in recent elections, including their phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses, to bolster her campaign operations and those of like-minded candidates.
This is the most important group to poll for messaging and later phone banking for support and get to the polls, wrote Plaskett, underscoring the projects strategic value. She further explained that the list would guide candidates on what political positions to take and would assist messaging and campaign work, effectively inviting a convicted sex offender to shape the political landscape of her territory.
These revelations follow earlier reports that Plaskett was receiving real-time text messages from Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing, in which he allegedly coached her on what questions to ask. She later tried to justify that arrangement as merely listening to a constituent, an explanation that strains credulity for ordinary Americans who do not enjoy the privilege of texting their representative to script a hearing.
The timeline makes the relationship even more troubling, given Epsteins long-known criminal history. Epstein was first convicted in 2008 of soliciting a child for prostitution, among other offenses, yet Plaskett maintained what can fairly be described as a full-fledged political relationship with him, up to and including letting him dictate congressional hearings, well after his conviction.
There was no ambiguity about who Epstein was when Plaskett continued to engage him, including using her pseudonym to invite him to a fundraiser in New York City. On September 24, 2018, she went so far as to ask the notorious sex trafficker if she could refer to him as a friend, a request to which he reportedly agreed.
For Khanna, who has publicly vowed to haul Epsteins political enablers before Congress, Plaskett now represents an obvious test case. If he is serious about accountability, he cannot credibly ignore a Democratic colleague who sought Epsteins money, advice, and influence as late as 2019, the very year he was again arrested and charged with sex crimes.
The deeper questions remain: How deep did the relationship between Epstein and Plaskett go, and what else did it involve? And why was a sitting Democratic delegate granting such extraordinary access and influence to a convicted predator over congressional proceedings and campaign strategy, while the left lectures the country about protecting democracy?
The American people deserve clear, public answers, not partisan protection for politically useful allies. If Khanna is not, as critics suspect, a complete hack, he will press for hearings, subpoenas, and full disclosureregardless of the discomfort it causes within his own caucus. But given the track record of Democrats circling the wagons when their own are implicated, no one should hold your breath waiting for genuine accountability.
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