November 12, 2025 – New Epstein doc shows USVI Del. Stacey Plaskett received texts from Epstein while questioning Michael Cohen in 2019 congressional hearing

In Email/Dossier/Govt Corruption Investigations by Katie Weddington

Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat who represents the US Virgin Islands in Congress as a non-voting delegate, received texts from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing, the delegate’s office confirmed to CNN.

“During the hearing, Congresswoman Plaskett received texts from staff, constituents and the public at large offering advice, support and in some cases partisan vitriol, including from Epstein,” Plaskett’s spokesperson, Angeline Jabbar, said in a statement to CNN. “As a former prosecutor she welcomes information that helps her get at the truth and took on the GOP that was trying to bury the truth. The congresswoman has previously made clear her long record combating sexual assault and human trafficking, her disgust over Epstein’s deviant behavior and her support for his victims.”

The texts, first reported by the Washington Post, were released Wednesday as part of roughly 20,000 pages of documents made public by the House Oversight Committee.

The released text messages redact the name of the person Epstein was texting with on February 27, 2019 — the day former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen testified to the House Oversight Committee about the president’s conflicts of interests, business practices and payments to Trump’s alleged mistresses to silence their stories before the 2016 elections.

The Washington Post analyzed the text messages and compared them to footage of the hearing to report Plaskett was texting Epstein.

At the time, Epstein had already been convicted of two state prostitution charges, which he served 13 months for. A few months after the text exchange took place, he would be charged with sex trafficking minors.

Epstein had ties to the US territory because he maintained a home on Little St. James in the Virgin Islands, which he acquired in 1998, and purchased nearby Great St. James in 2016, according to a lawsuit filed in 2020.

According to the Post, Epstein seemed to have been watching the hearing and his texts to Plaskett appeared to influence what the delegate asked Cohen.

Rhona Graff (Credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

The Post reported that in one exchange, Epstein texted Plaskett: “Cohen brought up RONA – keeper of the secrets,” referring to — and misspelling the first name of — Rhona Graff, a longtime Trump assistant.

Plaskett responded: “RONA??” She added at 2:25 p.m, “Quick I’m up next is that an acronym,” suggesting that she would be questioning Cohen soon.

Epstein responded: “Thats his assistant.”

At 2:28 p.m., Plaskett began questioning Cohen and asked about Graff, along with other Trump associates he had mentioned, according to the Post.

In another text, Epstein told Plaskett “Good work” at 2:34 p.m. — a minute after Plaskett wrapped up her questioning, the Post reported.

The trove of documents released earlier this week show that Epstein mentioned President Donald Trump multiple times in private emails. The release came amid renewed pressure on Congress and the Trump administration to release more documents related to Epstein.

The House is expected to vote on a bill next week compelling the release of all of the Justice Department’s Epstein case files.

Meanwhile, Trump directed the Justice Department on Friday to investigate Epstein’s ties to a slew of high-profile figures, including former President Bill Clinton. (CNN, 11/14/2025)  (Archive)

“…Democrat Congressional U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey “Little Miss Impeachment” Plaskett did the dirty with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein’s attorney Darren Indyke for campaign contributions AFTER Epstein was convicted on child prostitution charges in 2008. Plaskett went to Epstein’s mansion to beg for campaign contributions. Now, Plaskett remains the sole defendant in a civil lawsuit brought by Epstein’s sex trafficking victims against the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In the ongoing Federal civil lawsuit against Plaskett, Southern District of New York Judge Judge Arun Subramanian declared in his findings for allowing the case to proceed against Plaskett:

“In Plaskett’s case, the money she solicited from Epstein in New York and eventually received is directly related to the alleged quid pro quo to facilitate Epstein’s sex-trafficking enterprise,” so long-arm jurisdiction is established “at this stage,” the judge wrote.

While she does not live or work in New York, Plaskett has a home in Washington, D.C. and would not need to travel directly from the USVI, the judge said. Moreover, she is mentioned by name 60 times in the complaint and the plaintiffs assert that she engaged in unique conduct (like traveling to New York to solicit donations) that other defendants did not, he said.

The second amended complaint, or SAC, “alleges that Plaskett received a position at a law firm affiliated with Epstein’s lawyer, Kellerhals, Ferguson, and Kroblin, that Epstein made the maximum contributions to her campaigns, that Epstein hosted a fundraiser for her, and that Epstein gave her a $30,000 loan,” he said.

In exchange, the complaint alleges that Plaskett approved over $300 million in tax breaks for Epstein’s companies when she was counsel for the V.I. Economic Development Commission — a benefit she has repeatedly denied having any role in deciding — and used her political influence as a congresswoman to ensure that Epstein’s clients, co-conspirators, and co-defendants travelled freely and had access to victims and plaintiffs. She also allegedly “agreed to be Epstein’s ‘friend,’” and knew that her actions were in service of Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme, it says.