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Hakeem Jeffries: “Calling us back into session would require that…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 09:20

And at the same time, they want to prevent the release of the Epstein files. And that certainly is the reason why they don't want to call us back into session. Because Calling us back into session would require that Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva be sworn in and she will be the 218th signature needed to trigger an up or down vote on the release of the Epstein files. And that will pass. And that apparently terrifies Speaker Johnson, it terrifies the Republicans, and it certainly terrifies Donald Trump. That's an important point. (09:20–09:35)

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