Del. Stacey Plaskett exchanging text messages with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing was “stupid” and “inappropriate,” but it was not “entangled in the illegal activities that Epstein was part of,” said Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa.
And censuring her for doing so “was taking it too far.”
Three Republicans, including Meuser, voted “present” Tuesday in a vote that would have censured Plaskett, a Democrat who represents the U.S. Virgin Islands, and removed her from the House Intelligence Committee over the texts.
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