{"id":24291,"date":"2025-11-23T16:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24291"},"modified":"2025-11-23T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:57:42","slug":"cnns-jennings-calls-out-summers-plaskett-over-epstein-emails-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24291","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Jennings Calls Out Summers, Plaskett Over Epstein Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett.png 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bondi-epstein-plaskett-390x220.png 390w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings accused Democrats on Friday of trying to control the narrative surrounding the late child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, arguing the effort \u201cblew up in their face.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>Jennings made the comments during an appearance on the PBD Podcast with Patrick Bet-David, where he criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett and other Democrats for their handling of the Epstein issue, Mediaite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/podcasts\/scott-jennings-claims-dems-tried-controlling-epstein-narrative-but-it-blew-up-in-their-face-they-may-regret-going-down-this-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings pointed to Crockett\u2019s recent remarks on the House floor in which she claimed \u201ca Jeffrey Epstein\u201d had donated to Republicans like Lee Zeldin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1992238182541279352&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fjennings-epstein-96920%2F&amp;sessionId=1127119fc352ae75da4693cfd71de3d9734ac144&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1992238182541279352\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crockett quickly learned the donor she referenced was not the late billionaire, who died in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s the smartest person they could find so they sent her to do this,\u201d Jennings said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the reason is this: because they are desperate to make this a story about President [Donald] Trump and Epstein. And the only thing we found out in the last week is that it\u2019s a story about Democrats and Epstein,\u201d he added. \u201cYou got Larry Summers asking for dating advice from Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summers, a former Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, stepped down from a Harvard role after newly released emails showed him seeking dating advice from Epstein from November 2018 to July 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>The emails were sent years after Epstein had already registered as a sex offender following his conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings also called out Del. Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands over her correspondences with Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing, claiming the billionaire appeared to influence her questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Plaskett, who narrowly avoided House censure, has said she relied on Epstein only for \u201cinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as6078\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou got Plaskett being programmed by Epstein,\u201d Jennings said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey lost the narrative, so they sent out their smartest person, Jasmine Crockett, to try to reset the narrative, and it blew up in their face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may regret going down this road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crockett\u2019s comments about a donor named Epstein came during the attempt to censure Plaskett.<\/p>\n<p>She defended naming the wrong Epstein by saying her staff did not have time to properly vet the information.<\/p>\n<p>She also argued she never specifically claimed it was the Jeffrey Epstein at the center of the censure effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I never said that it was that Jeffrey Epstein,\u201d she told CNN. \u201cJust so that people understand, when you make a donation, your picture is not there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd because they decided to spring this on us in real time, I wanted the Republicans to think about what could potentially happen because I knew that they didn\u2019t even try to go through the FEC. So my team, what they did is they Googled. And that is specifically why I said, a, Jeffrey Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday that the Justice Department will release all unclassified records connected to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days of President Donald Trump signing new disclosure legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the Senate formally transmitted the bill to Trump after voting Tuesday night to automatically approve it upon arrival from the House. The House passed the measure Tuesday in a 427\u20131 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act \u2014 which Trump has signaled he will sign \u2014 Bondi must disclose all documents, including internal communications and investigative materials, related to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of the law taking effect.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Epstein reportedly committed suicide while in federal custody, as he awaited trial for charges connected to the sex trafficking of minors. Maxwell, having been found guilty of sex trafficking and related offenses, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will follow the law,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/pam-bondi-doj-jeffrey-epstein\/2025\/11\/19\/id\/1235254\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bondi told reporters<\/a>\u00a0at a news conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law passed both chambers last evening. 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