Overview
- During debate over a failed effort to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett, Rep. Jasmine Crockett listed Republicans she said took money from “somebody named Jeffrey Epstein,” naming Lee Zeldin among others.
- Zeldin responded on X that his donor was a physician named Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, stressing he is not the convicted sex offender.
- Federal Election Commission records show Zeldin received 2020 donations from a New York physician and a New Jersey beverage distributor named Jeffrey Epstein, months after the sex offender’s 2019 death.
- FEC records reported in the press also attribute small 2012 contributions to Mitt Romney from a self‑employed physician named Jeffrey Epstein, not the notorious financier.
- The exchange unfolded as newly released House Oversight documents about Epstein drew scrutiny of Plaskett and preceded a censure push that failed 209–214.