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.