Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) buried his Republican colleagues in mockery during a congressional hearing this week for parroting President Donald Trump's denials that his signature on the bawdy doodle in deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book was authentic.
In particular, Moskowitz called on House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to put his money where his mouth is.
"So this morning, our close personal friend Mr. Comer said that he was not going to look into the letter, or the doodle, the president's doodle — he's a decent doodler, by the way," said Moskowitz. "So he wasn't going to look into whether this signature was a forgery, and I'm concerned about that. Because this is the president of the United States. If there are forgeries and forgers out there, I think we should investigate it."
"And in fact, this document is 22 years old. So you're telling me someone 22 years ago went back to the future and forged his signature when he was a Democrat, and somehow this person was Nostradamus, knew he would become a Republican, become president 22 years later?" asked Moskowitz, at which fellow lawmaker Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) suppressed laughter.
"So listen, I submit to you that we can solve this problem for the American people," said Moskowitz. "You don't have to take my word for it, you don't have to take our dear personal friend, Mr. Comer's word for it. Let's bring in a signature expert. You guys pick the witnesses. Bring in your signature expert, swear them under oath, and let's have the signature examined. Is it his or is it not his?"
"We don't have to play games or, you know, the president says it's not his, we say it's him," he added. "No, no, let's bring in a signature expert, a referee, because we can't agree on anything, even when it's right in our face, of whether that is indeed the president's signataure, or, if it's a forgery, we should immediately open up an investigation into this forgery."
