Senate Judiciary Committee Dick Durbin (D-IL) refused to commit to subpoenaing the flight records of convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein — and suggested that no one had yet asked him to do so.
Epstein was questioned by Fox News correspondent Hillary Vaughn on Capitol Hill this week after Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) pushed to subpoena the flight records.
FACT CHECK: @SenatorDurbin says we had not spoken ”one time” about my subpoena for Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs.
Maybe this will jog his memory. pic.twitter.com/wckJROJrU0
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) December 5, 2023
“Chairman Durbin, can I ask you a quick question?” Vaughn asked. “Why won’t you subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs?”
“I don’t know anything about his flight logs,” Durbin claimed.
“But why don’t you subpoena them?” she pressed. “Why don’t you want to know?”
“I don’t know the issue,” he said. “I know who Epstein was, but I certainly don’t know anything about the issue.”
“Well, he was charged with sex trafficking,” Vaughn responded. “So why don’t you want to know who was utilizing his private plane?”
“This has never been raised by anyone,” he claimed.
“Well Senator Blackburn has wanted to subpoena them and there hasn’t been a vote in your committee,” Vaughn noted.
“She hasn’t said a word to me,” he claimed. “Not a word.”
“But aren’t you curious like what high profile or powerful people might be closeted predators and pedophiles? Doesn’t that concern you?” she asked. “Why won’t you subpoena them if you can?”
“It’s the first time anyone has raised it,” he claimed. “Thank you, Fox.”
WATCH:
Reporter: “Why won’t you subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs?”@SenatorDurbin: “I don’t know anything about his flight logs.”
Reporter: “So why won’t you subpoena them if you can?”@SenatorDurbin: “It’s the first time anyone has raised it.”
Is Senator Durbin lying when he… pic.twitter.com/jaSkSRXgMa
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) December 8, 2023