Democrats left a closed-door Capitol Hill deposition this week with more questions than answers — and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, made clear she believes the focus should shift squarely to President Donald Trump.
According to Fox News, Crockett’s remarks followed testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who declined to answer questions from the House Oversight Committee by repeatedly invoking her Fifth Amendment rights.
The refusal reignited partisan tensions over who should be compelled to testify and how aggressively lawmakers should pursue accountability.
Speaking with reporters after the deposition, Crockett delivered a blunt message aimed at Trump.
“We’re gonna be on his a–,” she said, arguing that Democrats are being blocked from fully examining material tied to Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
“We have a 34-count convicted felon, and there are people that are still shielding him from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex-trafficking ring,” Crockett added.
She rejected the notion that Democrats’ approach is politically motivated, instead framing it as a matter of principle.
Crockett contrasted the scrutiny aimed at Trump with how House Republicans have treated former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, both of whom were recently drawn into the committee’s investigation.
“Right now we know that they were willing to try to throw the Clintons in prison for not showing up yet,” Crockett said.
She continued, “Then we went through the hearing as it relates to the Clintons, I said, ‘Listen, we know that Donald Trump’s name is mentioned more. Bring him in, too.’… This, for the Democrats, this isn’t partisanship. This is about right versus wrong.”
Crockett was referencing actions taken by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., who initiated contempt proceedings against the Clintons after they initially declined to appear in person for closed-door depositions. Their attorneys later agreed to comply just days before a full House vote that could have referred the matter to the Department of Justice.
Since then, a dispute has emerged over whether the Clintons should testify publicly. They are currently scheduled for closed-door, videotaped sessions, a format Crockett criticized.
“What they want to do is they want to go behind closed doors and then come out with whatever spin that they want to put on it and have it be a he said, she said,” she told Fox News Digital.
“They are playing games right now. And again, this is all about shielding and distracting from the president of the United States, who is absolutely mentioned in those files,” Crockett said.
While both Trump and Bill Clinton are referenced in Epstein-related documents released by the committee and the DOJ, neither has been accused of criminal conduct connected to Epstein.
Crockett’s comments come as she pursues a long-shot campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the U.S. Senate.
