Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett is once again leaning into confrontation as Democrats continue to scour the Epstein files for material they believe can politically damage President Donald Trump.
Following Ghislaine Maxwell’s closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, Crockett delivered a blunt, six-word warning aimed squarely at the president, promising that Democrats would not let the matter go.
Maxwell, the longtime associate and convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions during her appearance before lawmakers.
That refusal did little to slow Crockett’s rhetoric. Speaking to reporters afterward, the Texas Democrat said, “We’re gonna be on his a–,” before reiterating her claim that Trump is being shielded from accountability despite what she characterized as his connection to a child sex-trafficking scandal. Crockett again referenced Trump’s 34 felony convictions, framing them as evidence of a broader failure to hold him to account.
From there, Crockett pivoted to comparisons with House Republicans’ treatment of the Clintons, arguing that the current dispute over testimony exposes a double standard. She pointed to efforts by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to pursue contempt proceedings against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after they initially declined to appear in person for closed-door depositions. According to Crockett, Republicans were quick to threaten prison for the Clintons while refusing to apply the same standard to Trump.
Crockett insisted that Democrats’ posture is not rooted in partisanship, but in principle. She claimed that Trump’s name appears more frequently in the Epstein files and argued that fairness demands he be compelled to testify as well.
“This isn’t partisanship,” she said. “This is about right versus wrong.” Yet that framing glosses over a key detail: while both Trump’s and Bill Clinton’s names appear in the released Epstein documents, neither has been accused or implicated in criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein’s crimes.
The ongoing dispute over how testimony should be handled has only intensified tensions. The Clintons ultimately agreed to comply with Comer’s terms just days before the House was set to vote on referring them to the Department of Justice, but they have since demanded that any questioning take place in televised hearings rather than behind closed doors. Crockett criticized that process, accusing Republicans of wanting to control the narrative by selectively releasing information after private depositions.
As Crockett escalates her language and public profile, the political context is hard to ignore. She is currently running a long-shot campaign to unseat Republican Sen. John Cornyn in Texas, and her aggressive posture has made her one of the loudest Democratic voices on the Epstein issue. Whether that approach is about transparency or tactical positioning remains an open question, but her rhetoric makes one thing clear: for Crockett, the Epstein files are less about closure and more about continued political combat.
