Jamie Raskin criticized as 'sick' for defending colleague who texted Epstein during 2019 hearing

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee was called out by the Trump White House on Tuesday for shrugging off a colleague’s texts with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as merely “taking a phone call from her constituent.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) made the jaw-dropping comment during a debate on censuring Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) over her coordination with Epstein during a Feb. 27, 2019, House Oversight Committee hearing at which President Trump’s then-fixer Michael Cohen appeared.