00:00Attorney General Bondi, according to your department, a child is sexually abused in the United States every nine minutes.
00:06And the vast majority of survivors never get justice.
00:10And that's one of the reasons why I think the Epstein case has resonated so deeply with so many Americans.
00:16And the other reason, I think, is because it has revealed a two-tiered system of justice.
00:21And the powerful are protected and the survivors rarely get any accountability.
00:27And the Epstein files contain evidence of a multi-decade international criminal conspiracy involving some of the wealthiest and the
00:36most powerful people in the world.
00:38There's evidence of financial crimes, political corruption, sex trafficking, and, of course, horrible sexual abuse.
00:46And I want to remind everybody, this isn't a game.
00:50These are real people, people who have suffered, who are sitting here with us today.
00:56And they deserve answers, and they deserve accountability.
01:00And I'm here to try to get some for them.
01:03Now, I've seen some of the unredacted Epstein files.
01:06And obviously, as you know, President Trump's name is all over them.
01:09But so are the names of other senior Trump officials.
01:12Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce.
01:15John Phelan, the Secretary of the Navy.
01:17And Stephen Feinberg, the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
01:19These men were appointed by President Trump to senior positions in his administration.
01:26All of them have clear and confirmed ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
01:31Attorney General Bondi, yes or no, has the Justice Department asked Secretary Lutnick about his ties to Epstein?
01:41Excuse me.
01:42Secretary Lutnick has addressed those ties himself.
01:46I'm asking you, has the Justice Department specifically asked Secretary Lutnick about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein?
01:54He has addressed those ties himself.
01:57Has the DOJ asked Secretary Phelan about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein?
02:02I don't know whether he has addressed those or not.
02:04Has the Deputy Secretary, has Deputy Secretary Feinberg talked to the Department of Justice about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein?
02:16Yes or no.
02:17Has the Department of Justice talked to Secretary, Deputy Secretary Feinberg, about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, which are clearly
02:24spelled out in the files?
02:26It's a very simple question.
02:27It's not a trick question.
02:28I'm just asking you.
02:29Yeah, I'm stunned that you want to continue talking about.
02:33Oh my gosh, okay, I'm reclining my time.
02:36I'm asking you, not a trick question, a simple question.
02:40Okay, so what is clear is, we have evidence.
02:43Do you know who Chris Malin is?
02:45We have evidence that three senior officials within the Trump administration have ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
02:52What does ties mean?
02:54I can conclude from what you are saying that you have not talked to them.
02:59What does ties mean?
03:00I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking with these officials who have
03:09ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
03:10Across the world, prominent men who have been exposed in the files have resigned their jobs in disgrace, and that's
03:20a good first start.
03:21And that same standard, this same standard should apply here.
03:27And Americans want accountability.
03:29Who is Chris Malin?
03:30Was the president aware, please stop talking, it is not your time to ask questions.
03:36It is not your time, I'm reclaiming my time, Mr. Chair.
03:38One second.
03:39Time belongs to the General A from Vermont.
03:41Was the president aware of Secretary Lutnick's ties to Epstein when he chose him to lead the Department of Commerce?
03:50Was he aware?
03:51Chris Malin was a Border Patrol agent.
03:53Okay, so I'm going to conclude that the president, in fact, did know about his ties because he was the
03:59next-door neighbor.
04:00Shame on you.
04:01Oh, for goodness sakes.
04:03This is pathetic.
04:04This is pathetic, Mr. Chair.
04:06I am not asking trick questions here.
04:09The American people have a right to know the answers to this.
04:13These are senior officials in the Trump administration.
04:16This is not a game, Secretary.
04:20I'm Attorney General.
04:21My apologies, I couldn't tell.
04:25Well, by 2008, we knew that Epstein was a convicted sexual abuser, and we now know that Lutnick went to
04:35Epstein's island in 2012.
04:37How was that not a deal-breaker for the president, and why aren't you asking questions of the Commerce Secretary
04:44about what he saw when he was at the island, which he lied about not ever going to?
04:50Why are you not asking these questions?
04:53And I see that my time is almost expired, so I will say this.
04:56Do the right thing, Attorney General.
04:59Meet with the survivors.
05:00They have been asking for a year.
05:02Meet with the survivors.
05:03Do the right thing.
05:04I yield back.
05:06General Lee yields back.
05:07The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for five minutes.
05:10May I have 20 seconds of his time?
05:12That would be up to the gentleman.
05:14Absolutely, Madam President.
05:16I was curious if you, Congresswoman, asked Bill Clinton that.
05:22Didn't see one tweet, not one.
05:26I didn't see one tweet when Joe Biden was in office about Bill Clinton.
05:31Didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein.
05:34Not once.
05:35When he was here.
05:35Weak sauce.
05:36Weak sauce.
05:36And also, I want the record to reflect that, you know, with this anti-Semitic culture right now, she voted
05:43against a resolution condemning.
05:45Oh, oh, oh, oh.
05:47I just want to be clear.
05:48Do you want to go there, Attorney General?
05:51Or do you want to go there?
05:53Are you serious talking about anti-Semitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust?
05:59I reclaim my time.
05:59Really?
06:00Really?
06:01The committee will be in order.
06:03Talk to Jared Wise about anti-Semitism.
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