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Jasmine Crockett: “This was a campaign issue of his.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN

Published November 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:13

… sure that they have $25,000 down payment so that they can move into homes and make life overall more affordable. So we were focused on the bread and butter issues. This was a campaign issue of his. But while there was pending litigation, if you look at when Maxwell was finally convicted, and honestly, she just finished probably one of her last appeals here recently, you are … (04:13–04:16)

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Asserts that the release of Epstein files was a campaign issue for Trump.

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“There’s still more that committee staff is going through and determining what needs to be redacted before the release.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 00:23-00:31
“I fully anticipate that we will receive more, at least from the estate of Epstein.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 00:37-00:43
“It does not seem like the Department of Justice has really been inclined to actually participate.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 00:42-00:49
“We need something with a little bit more fire behind it to hopefully get the Department of Justice to finally start to cooperate.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 00:53-01:00
“We don’t know what the DOJ has, nor what it is that the DOJ potentially was trying to.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 02:26-02:32
“I wouldn’t be surprised if [Trump] sent a message and said, stop investigating.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 02:40-02:54
“Kamala Harris had an actual plan so that people wouldn't necessarily be stuck in a mortgage for 50 years.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 03:58-04:04
“She wanted to make sure that they have $25,000 down payment so that they can move into homes.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 04:04-04:10
“Maxwell was finally convicted, and honestly, she just finished probably one of her last appeals here recently.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 04:19-04:27
“The survivors have come forward, they are begging Congress to do this.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 04:48-04:52
“The threats that come with being on the other side of this president are significant and serious.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 05:36-05:42
“It would be better if we had the contemporaneous reports from law enforcement.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 05:55-06:01
“It is sad and that we have survivors that feel like they can't be safe from an American president and his cronies.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 06:36-06:45
“On November 4th we won in places that we weren't supposed to win in, whether we're looking at Georgia or Mississippi or different parts of…”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 07:34-07:40
“We're going to end up having a super majority in the House or in the Commonwealth in the House.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 07:47-07:53
“The decision about who is best to lead the Senate comes from the Senate. It's only the senators that get to make that decision.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 07:56-08:03
“We have a poll that is currently in the field. It went into the field on yesterday.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 08:35-08:40
“House Democrats and Senate Democrats, we don't even get together as like, caucuses.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 09:31-09:36
“I've never had any piece of legislation that I've had to work one on one with Schumer on.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 09:44-09:50
“I've worked with Senator Cornyn, who is up for reelection a number of times on a number of pieces of legislation.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 09:50-09:57
“When you look at the votes and you look at the six Democrats that actually broke ranks yesterday out of the House, I can tell you that they…”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 10:31-10:41
“One of the members is younger than me.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 10:44-10:46
“I really want to urge all Americans that were disappointed with the eight Senate Democrats to not get disappointed or disenchanted with the…”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on the Senate, the Shutdown, and the Secrets Trump Doesn't Want Out | CNN | Uploaded November 14, 2025 | 10:59-11:08