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James Comer Jr.: “We've been very critical of Alex Acosta, who was the U.S…”

Featuring: James Comer Jr., Republican | U.S. House Kentucky, 1st Congressional District

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Rep. James Comer says House Republicans were "surprised and disappointed" by Senate funding deal

Published | Video Starts at 08:16

And you know, Ms. Comey was the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. We're, we probably will have some questions for her with respect to that We've been very critical of Alex Acosta, who was the U.S. attorney with the first shot at Epstein in the Florida district. So the many presidential administrations, departments of justice have made huge mistakes in not getting Jeffrey Epstein and allowing him to continue to commit crime. So there's plenty of thought to go around. (08:16–08:25)

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Asserts criticism of Alex Acosta for his handling of the Epstein case in Florida.

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