Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett will reportedly keep campaign donations she received from convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, despite the financier’s latest round of sex-trafficking charges.
Since 2016, Epstein has thrice donated $2,700 to Plaskett — including most recently for her 2018 re-election bid, according to a Federal Election Commission record reviewed by CNBC.
The network on Monday asked a spokesman of Plaskett, who represents the US Virgin Islands, if she intends to give back Epstein’s donation.
“I’m pretty sure she’s not,” said Mike McQueery, who later affirmed in a follow up conversation with CNBC that the congresswoman will likely hold on to the funds.
Epstein on Monday pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to sex-trafficking charges in a conspiracy that allegedly let him abuse underage girls from 2002 through 2005.
The crimes allegedly committed over that four year span happened inside his Manhattan townhouse and an estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The indictment alleges employees of Epstein’s helped recruit underage girls, who Epstein would then sexually abuse.
Other Democrats have routinely received financial backing from Epstein, including former President Bill Clinton.
From the late 1990s through 2004, Epstein donated more than $145,000 to Democrats running for office, according to CNBC.
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