Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) — who sits on the House Oversight Committee — is now calling on her committee to subpoena one member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet following a revealing interview he conducted in which he mentioned an encounter with convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Earlier this week, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made headlines when telling the New York Post's Miranda Devine about touring Epstein's New York townhouse with his wife in 2005. According to Lutnick, Epstein showed off a grand room in his home with a massage table at the center, and told Lutnick and his wife that he got "the right kind of massage" on a daily basis. He also suggested that Epstein may have blackmailed his rich and powerful, telling them to "get a massage" then forcing them to pay hush money to keep him quiet about the encounter.
"[Epstein] may have traded the feds video of his rich and well-connected associates getting massages from young women in exchange for a controversial 2008 plea deal," Lutnick said of Epstein's light 18-month sentence in 2006.
During a Friday appearance on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," Crockett told host Nicolle Wallace that she wanted her committee to issue a subpoena for Lutnick to testify about Epstein — particularly about any names the now-deceased sex offender may have mentioned to him.
"I do think that he has names," Crockett said. "... He obviously felt that there was video footage of people that were important enough that he would end up with a sweetheart deal."
Crockett also didn't rule out bringing former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta back before the committee for a sworn deposition, as he was the one who signed off on Epstein's plea agreement. Crockett noted that despite Epstein's indictment being more than 50 pages long, he was able to not only serve a small amount of time but also have privileges that allowed him to continue committing crimes.
"Let me make a plea right now, if you have any video footage of anything that was going on at the Epstein home, whether it was in Florida or New York or anywhere else, please feel free to contact the House Democrats on Oversight, and we will do everything we can to make sure the truth starts to come out," Crockett said.
Watch the segment below: