Texas Rep Refuses to Correct False Claim Lee Zeldin Took Epstein Cash [WATCH]

Crockett digs the hole even deeper.

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett refused Sunday to retract her claim that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin received money from Jeffrey Epstein, despite the fact that the donations came from a different individual with the same name.

Crockett made the accusation on the House floor on Nov. 18, suggesting Zeldin had financial ties to the deceased sex offender. The claim was quickly debunked.

Appearing on MS NOW’s (formerly MSNBC) The Weekend, host Jacqueline Alemany allowed Crockett to correct the record; the congresswoman declined.

“You made a little bit of news last week when you mistakenly accused Lee Zeldin and other Republicans … I want to give you the opportunity to amend that,” the host said.

“I have no amendments,” Crockett replied before repeating her defense that she did not have enough time to verify which Epstein made the contributions.

“I had maybe 20 minutes. We researched the FEC and, because I like to speak with specificity — that’s kind of what comes with being an attorney — I made clear that there was a Jeffrey Epstein,” Crockett said. “They knew on the other side that I did not have time to actually pull up and actually research, especially since that particular one that Lee Zeldin got up in an uproar about was specifically out of the New York area. We know that he was out of that area and this obviously was not done post Jeffrey Epstein’s life, so I made sure that I said ‘a Jeffrey Epstein.’”

“But you were trying to insinuate that it was the Jeffrey Epstein,” Alemany pressed.

“Oh, I absolutely was insinuating that it could be possible. That is true,” Crockett admitted. “But the point is, I never said that it was that specific one because I did not have the adequate time to do it. And so the Jeffrey Epstein has stepped forward and that’s not like, you know, a normal name. And I think that what would have been problematic is if I would have claimed that, say, that happened and it legitimately never happened. So ultimately, he cleared the record. I have not researched further. I’ve not talked to this doctor.”

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— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) November 30, 2025