‘Been dead for years’: GOP lawmaker says no one cares about Epstein

by Walter Einenkel for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 at 12:55:15pm PST

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., looks over text as the House Rules Committee prepares President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts to go to the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — GOP Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri seems to think that there are no lingering effects of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, claiming that "it's not something I hear from people."

GOP Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri appeared on Newsmax Monday, where he got squirmy when asked about Jeffrey Epstein’s recently released emails.

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Smith: Just the fact that Epstein's been dead for years, and this is the topic of conversation. It's not something that I hear from people when I travel back home in Missouri. They care about the affordability crisis.
Release all the information. Let the public see everything about who's connected and who's not connected with Epstein, and let's move on and solve the real problems at hand. That's my focus.