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Derrick Van Orden: “They have stamped text messages, time stamped text messages…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Derrick Van Orden refuses to answer questions about Trump's connection to Epstein. [11/18/2025]

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

I want to get your thoughts on President Trump and what you might ask him based on this information that's come out. I get it. So you're just not going to get away with this. They have stamped text messages, time stamped text messages from Jeffrey Epstein to Ms. Plaskett, and then they have the video. You can, you can literally look down suggesting that I'm trying to get away with. Congressman, As I said, Ms. Plaskett has refuted those characterizations. (00:19–00:29)

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Asserts that there are time-stamped text messages and a video from Jeffrey Epstein to Ms. Plaskett.

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