The contentious discussion comes as the handling of files related to the disgraced financier is under renewed scrutiny.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) repeatedly pushed a false claim about the Epstein prosecution — even after Jake Tapper corrected him in a wild CNN interview. The post GOP Senator Pushes False Epstein Claim Even After Jake Tapper Corrects Him in Wild CNN Interview first appeared on Mediaite.

The FBI has a version of the surveillance video filmed near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison block on the night of his death that—unlike the video released to the public—is not missing a minute of footage. Earlier this month,

Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin discusses the Epstein controversy with Jake Tapper and what it will take for the Trump administration to move on from the crisis.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin repeatedly blamed Obama for the sweetheart plea deal Jeffrey Epstein got in 2008, when George W. Bush was president.

CNN's Jake Tapper calls on the president to release all the information the federal government has about Jeffrey Epstein: JAKE TAPPER, CNN: So what's really going on here? I mean, what's really going on?

President Donald Trump and his allies have tried to steer discussion about the Jeffrey Epstein case away from Trump and instead use it to attack Democrats, including former President Barack Obama. In an interview with CNN,

Donald Trump admitted on Tuesday that his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein had to do with the disgraced sex trafficker stealing a 16-year-old from him.

CNN’s Jake Tapper repeatedly fact-checked a Republican senator on air Sunday as the lawmaker insisted that Democrats and Barack Obama’s administration were at fault for a “sweetheart” deal that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to escape his 2008 conviction on child sex charges virtually unscathed.