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Hakeem Jeffries: “She will be the 218th signature on a discharge petition that…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MSNBC's The Beat

Published | Video Starts at 07:52

And it remains the case that Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans have continued to prevent her from being sworn in. Why? We believe it's because She will be the 218th signature on a discharge petition that will force an up or down vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. And that legislation will pass. And House Republicans and Donald Trump clearly want no part of that type of transparency and accountability. They don't say information. You say if we'll learn much. (07:52–08:01)

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Asserts that Adelita Grijala's signature would force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

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