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Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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'Is It About Justice or Politics?': Rep. Mike Lawler on Epstein Fallout

Published | Video Starts at 03:36

Respectfully, he's not calling the victims a hoax. He has said they are victims. And by the way, and by the way, respectfully, sir, who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein, who prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell, It was the Trump administration in Trump one that prosecuted [Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell]. them. So to somehow imply that anybody is saying that there weren't. There were. There were. The question is, again, is this about justice or is this about politics? (03:36–03:41)

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