Crockett: ‘Stacey [Plaskett] Didn’t Initiate that Chain, Jeffrey Initiated that Chain and She Took the Info’

Collins: “Well, Stacey Plaskett was texting the Jeffrey Epstein that we‘re talking about. You voted against the censure for her to remove her from her committees. You know, we pressed the minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, on this last night. Maybe you don‘t think she should be removed from her committees, but why do so many Democrats seem unwilling to say it‘s inappropriate to be texting with a registered sex offender about what you‘re going to ask a witness at a congressional hearing?”
Crockett: “So, I‘m not going to necessarily say that that‘s the case. Now, this is somebody who was a former prosecutor. Now, I haven‘t sat down and talked about all the specifics of why Stacey was doing what she was doing. I know that when she got up and she spoke, she talked about the fact that this was one of her constituents. At the end of the day, what I know of prosecutors is that they are typically talking to co-defendants. They are typically talking to the people that have the best information. And what you had was you had the former attorney for the president that was sitting there. And honestly, we knew or she knew, or at least Jeffrey Epstein presented, that he was very cozy with the president. He had more information, registered sex offender or not. The bigger question is, why is it that the president was so cozy with the registered sex offender, even after he ultimately ended up with some of his convictions? And seemingly, he had absolutely been on the plane with him. We know about the birthday card. The bigger question is, why is the president of the United States not the one that is in the hot seat for his relationship, instead of us saying, ‘Oh, you know what, we‘re going to take her off of her committee because he decided to text her?’ Stacey didn‘t initiate that chain. Jeffrey initiated that chain and she took the information. Just like if somebody texted me — “
Collins: “Yeah, but she was responding and saying, you know, ‘What are you talking about? Quick, I‘m up next.’ And then her questions were about RONA. But do you think that was inappropriate? I mean, would you text with someone who was a registered sex offender about what you’re gonna ask?”
Crockett: “I honestly know that he had never been convicted of any federal crimes at that time.”
Collins: “But he had been in jail already.”
Crockett: “He had been.”
Collins: “He got a plea deal.”
Crockett: “And my deal is this: The Republicans are constantly texting with the 34-count convicted felon. So if it‘s okay for them to text him at any point in time, then I‘m not going to say that that‘s right or wrong, especially to the extent that you‘re talking about kicking someone off their committee. Were they talking — were they sexting? Was it a matter of her being involved in the pedophilia? No, it was nothing like that. She was trying to understand — let‘s say Jeffrey Epstein said, ‘You know what? I have these pictures, these salacious pictures, because I know that the president got down and did these things.’ Do you think that it would be inappropriate for her to ask about those things if he said he had personal knowledge and it’s important — “
Collins: “I think context matters. But obviously, it seemed like he was — he was helping her.”