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Hillary Scholten: “At the behest of the President, the Speaker of the House of…”

Featuring: Hillary Scholten, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 3

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Straight Talk With Scholten - The Epstein Files

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

Just today, new emails were released directly showing that the President of the United States knew about Epstein's activity and spent time at his house with trafficked women present. At the behest of the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives refused for the first time in American history to swear in a duly elected member of Congress for over 50 days. Why? She will provide the critical vote to release the Epstein files ahead of her swearing in. Earlier today, the President summoned Republicans who support releasing the files to the White House to try and convince them to back down. (00:54–01:06)

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Asserts that the Speaker of the House, influenced by the President, delayed swearing in a Congress member for over 50 days.

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