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Wrong Epstein, Einstein: Rep. Crockett 'had my team dig in very quickly' – World Tribune: U.S. Politics and Culture, Geostrategy, China, North Korea, Corporate Watch, Media Watch

Crockett said Zeldin had received money from someone named Jeffrey Epstein, and the article disputes the implication.

Wrong Epstein, Einstein: Rep. Crockett 'had my team dig in very quickly' – World Tribune: U.S. Politics and Culture, Geostrategy, China, North Korea, Corporate Watch, Media Watch
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Lee Zeldin received campaign donations from someone named Jeffrey Epstein; the article says records identify two different donors who were not the convicted sex offender. It also reports the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act by a 427-1 vote.

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Representative whose statement about Lee Zeldin's campaign donations is challenged

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Lee M. Zeldin
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

EPA administrator and former representative whose campaign donations Crockett discussed

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Mitt Romney
Former U.S. Senator (R-UT)

Former presidential candidate whose campaign received donations from a physician named Jeffrey Epstein

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who urged Republicans to vote to release the files

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Jasmine Crockett Names Jeffrey Epstein as Zeldin Donor in House Speech

Crockett named a Jeffrey Epstein as a donor to Lee Zeldin during a House speech; outlets on multiple sides report that the donor was a different person with the same name. She later said she had not meant the convicted sex offender. Left-leaning outlets focus on Crockett's mistaken identification and the criticism it drew. Center outlets likewise stress the error and Zeldin's rebuttal, with some articles also recounting her explanation or later reversal. Right-leaning outlets also stress the error, but more often present it as a political failure and her defense as inadequate.

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