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The Epstein hearing exploded into chaos after Rep. Rashida Tlaib delivered a fiery warning that no one — including Donald Trump — is above accountability.

Clashing openly with House Oversight Chair James Comer, Tlaib declared that any individual who refuses to cooperate with the Epstein investigation must face contempt, regardless of power or political affiliation. Her blunt message — “Trump is accountable” — sent shockwaves through the hearing room as tensions boiled over live.

The confrontation unfolded as the Oversight Committee advanced contempt resolutions linked to the Epstein probe, reigniting demands for full transparency, unredacted files, and sworn testimony from those named in the case. Tlaib accused the leadership of protecting powerful figures while victims are still waiting for answers.

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00:00Sending young girls to the powerful, to the rich, the elected officials.
00:06And one of the first pictures she said she saw was of Clinton.
00:11She saw another one of Trump with Epstein.
00:14I just don't get why Bondi cannot be held in contempt, why we're not for it.
00:20I don't care if she says that she wants to plead the fifth.
00:24So what?
00:25Do it in front of the American people.
00:27Same thing with Maxwell.
00:29She's telling the committee she's going to plead the, fine.
00:32Have her come before this committee to do it in front of the American people.
00:35The fact of the matter is, are you saying that if anybody wants to plead the fifth, they don't
00:39have to be forced to come before this committee?
00:41That doesn't make any sense.
00:42What excuse is that?
00:43The fact that I continue to tell you all, what is the most consistent thing survivors have
00:47asked us to do?
00:48Follow the money.
00:49Mr. Chair, it is so disgusting.
00:52And this is why it's everybody's so distracted by this whole thing of like, oh, you know,
00:59the Clintons, Trump and everything, but who was funding it?
01:03Literally JP Morgan turned a blind eye to evidence of sex trafficking even after his 2008 conviction.
01:10Hear me out.
01:11After he was convicted, they still hid suspicious activity reports that should have been reported.
01:16That's the truth, y'all.
01:17You guys got to realize Epstein's not the last person.
01:21There's probably another Epstein out there right now doing sex trafficking right now.
01:28We should hold everybody in contempt that had anything to do to cover this up, including
01:32bank executives that still have their jobs.
01:34The chair recognizes Ms. Tlaib from Michigan.
01:40Mr. Chair, I think many of us were there with the survivors and I'd like to bring them into
01:47the room because I think it's really important.
01:49You know, it's not just one president, but now two that have been connected to the Epstein
01:56of sex trafficking.
01:59One of them even testified about walking into the house, the butler opening the door.
02:05There's administrative assistant having no idea she was walking into a horrific scheme that
02:12was sending young girls to the powerful, to the rich, the elected officials.
02:20And one of the first pictures she said she saw was of Clinton with his arms around Epstein.
02:29She saw another one of Trump with Epstein.
02:33And I just remember her almost trying to convince us, like understand that I had no idea as if
02:38somehow she was guilty.
02:40Do you all remember that?
02:43And so I'm here to tell you I'm ready to vote, but I'm also just taken aback and disgusted
02:49because I didn't need a birthday card to say the president of the United States, current
02:54president of the United States had something.
02:55I didn't need to see the photos by the chairman today of Clinton.
03:00All I needed to do was hear the survivors tell us, please do something.
03:05These are people that have impacted their lives forever.
03:09What I just don't understand, Mr. Chair, and this is with all due respect, I just don't
03:14get why Bondi cannot be held in contempt, why we're not for it.
03:19I don't care if she says that she wants to plead the fifth.
03:23So what?
03:24Do it in front of the American people.
03:26Same thing with Maxwell.
03:28She's telling the committee she's going to plead the fifth.
03:30Fine.
03:31Have her come before this committee to do it in front of the American people.
03:35The fact of the matter is, are you saying that if anybody wants to plead the fifth, they
03:38don't have to be forced to come before this committee?
03:40That doesn't make any sense.
03:42What excuse is that, that doesn't make any sense?
03:46The fact that I continue to tell you all, what is the most consistent thing survivors
03:50have asked us to do?
03:51Follow the money.
03:53How come we haven't forced JPMorgan Chase before this committee?
03:57How come we haven't allowed Bank of America to come before this committee?
04:00Mr. Chair, it is so disgusting.
04:03And this is why it's everybody's so distracted by this whole thing of like, oh, you know,
04:10the Clintons, Trump and everything, but who was funding it?
04:16Literally JPMorgan turned a blind eye to evidence of such trafficking even after his 2008 conviction.
04:23Hear me out.
04:24After he was convicted, they still hid suspicious activity reports that should have been reported.
04:30You know, you see the fact that continuing them saying, well, in 2028, agreed to pay what, $290 million of settled lawsuit?
04:39I don't care.
04:40You come here and because it's the truth, y'all.
04:44You guys got to realize Epstein's not the last person.
04:47There's probably another Epstein out there right now doing sex trafficking right now.
04:53We should hold everybody in contempt that had anything to do to cover this up, including
04:58bank executives that still have their jobs.
05:01The fact of the matter is we know what this is.
05:06You want to talk about Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, but talk about everybody involved because
05:15it does look like you're only doing this to distract everyone when we know not one, but
05:21two presidents were involved.
05:26And those young ladies shaking when they were testing for them because they didn't know if
05:31they could trust us.
05:31Some of them literally said, we had no idea what we were walking into, but they were connected
05:40to the rich.
05:41They were connected to the presidents.
05:43You heard them say that over and over again.
05:46But one of the things they continue to say is follow the money because Mr. Chair, Bill Clinton,
05:52Donald Trump, JP Morgan, all these people, they will not be the last folks that allowed a sex
05:58trafficker to harm young women, children.
06:04And so we have to set a very good precedent that we will not sit back and say, well, Maxwell's
06:13going to plead the fifth.
06:14Bondi is going to plead the fifth.
06:15I don't care.
06:16You're a public servant.
06:17Come before this committee.
06:18Maxwell, you were directly involved.
06:20How many times did the survivors mention her?
06:22How many times?
06:24Saying that she lured them in.
06:26She was primarily involved.
06:29And Mr. Chair, you and I had conversations and you said, give us names.
06:33They gave us names and you know it.
06:36So why are you all focused only on them?
06:38And let me tell you, you know where I stand.
06:40I will hold anybody in contempt that will not give us information.
06:44I don't care how many lawyers they bounce up on us.
06:46But I'll tell you, Mr. Chair, shame on us for not forcing Bondi before this committee.
06:52Shame on us for not forcing Maxwell before this committee.
06:56Shame on us for not forcing JPMorgan Chase to answer questions that many of us have of
07:01them, of $1.5 billion in suspicious activity.
07:05Because somebody had to fund this madness, this horrific actions by these men.
07:10And with that, Mr. Chair, I yield.
07:13Ms. Tlaib, if I may respond to some of that before I recognize Ms. Boebert's next.
07:20Okay, okay, okay.
07:24I believe with all my heart you are as sincere as anyone on this committee about wanting to
07:30get the answers about the truth.
07:33And I believe your heart is pure.
07:36Maxwell is coming in front of this committee.
07:38But when, no, let us decide that today when, like when.
07:43Well, it is, it's nailed down.
07:44February the, what day?
07:45The 9th.
07:46She's coming.
07:46February 9th.
07:47And you'll be able to ask her questions.
07:49That's one of the things Clinton wanted was only me and Garcia.
07:52Maxwell's coming.
07:53Anyone who wants to ask her questions on this committee will be able to.
07:55So that's nailed down.
07:56No, I think the American people want answers from President Clinton.
07:59I'm not trying to argue with you, Ms. Tlaib.
08:00I just want to respond to, Pam Bondi is coming before Congress in two weeks.
08:05I am confident she is going to be grilled by both parties on the discharge petition.
08:15If you didn't want, I don't want to, and Ms. Randall, you mentioned something about the
08:19Judiciary Committee.
08:20Believe me, I don't want to work with the Judiciary Committee on any investigation.
08:24Okay.
08:24But when we passed that discharge petition, that got them involved.
08:29But we had an outstanding subpoena.
08:30I know, but just let me explain.
08:32Pam Bondi is going to be in front of the Judiciary Committee.
08:34We'll see how that goes.
08:36We'll see if there's been a document done.
08:38Mr. Chair, we can't forget the banking institutions either.
08:41And then the last thing, the last thing, this is the most important thing.
08:42Months ago, I approached Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Stansbury, and I said, please, if you
08:54all get a chance, and I know you all are all sincere, try to get some names from these
09:02women.
09:03And we will continue to try to get documents.
09:06Mr. Chair, just follow.
09:07If I didn't want to know that if we didn't want to, Ms. Tlaib, you're out of order, I'm
09:12just referring.
09:12We want to hold everyone accountable.
09:16We don't care if they're billionaires.
09:20We don't care if they're Republicans.
09:21We don't care who they are.
09:24Do you agree to work with me, though?
09:25We've got to get the bank executives here.
09:26Because, Mr. Chair, you and I know that this is still being funded in some other way.
09:32Epstein's dead.
09:33But we know there's another person out there doing the same thing.
09:36We know it because the banks cover it up.
09:39These suspicious activity forms were literally, these reports that had to be filed, they were
09:44there for a reason.
09:45So we can stop.
09:46And last thing, and then I'm going to open it, I think, to see if there's any other members.
09:53But we are going in looking at suspicious activity reports, both Republicans and Democrat staffs
09:58going in looking at suspicious activity reports as we speak.
10:01I'm all about looking at suspicious activity reports.
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