Hakeem Jeffries Denies Link to Epstein After GOP Cites Fundraising Pitch: ‘Never Met Him’

David Gilmour Nov 19th, 2025, 7:11 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denied any link to Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday after email releases revealed a decade-old fundraising request sent to the disgraced financier, inviting him to meet with the Democrat during his early rise in Congress.

Jeffries insisted he has “no recollection” of any such outreach and “certainly” never accepted money from Epstein when pressed on the matter by CNN’s chief White House correspondent Kaitlin Collins .

Pressed on CNN about the 2013 message , circulated by a New York consulting firm working with Jeffries at the time, the Democratic leader dismissed any suggestion of a personal connection.

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