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(NewsNation) — Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., isn't backing down successful her calls for President Trump's administration to merchandise the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Appearing connected Wednesday's "On Balance," Boebert said that Trump having a peculiar counsel is "something we need."
"Well, there's surely immoderate rhetoric that we are proceeding astir frustrations with the accusation that was fto out," Boebert said.
"Now I don't privation this to go a mendacious idol for Republicans and thing that is going to distract america from the astonishing advancement that President Trump and his medication person been doing. And truthful I'm saying, fto determination beryllium a peculiar counsel to really get the accusation that Americans want. If that's thing that ends up taking spot successful Congress, fine, but I deliberation the American nationalist is besides bushed of proceeding that Congress is going to person a hearing, person an investigation, person a deposition, and truly clasp idiosyncratic accountable."
The Justice Department and FBI past week said Epstein did not person a lawsuit database and confirmed helium died by suicide. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who evaded questions astir Epstein this week, suggested successful February that an Epstein lawsuit database was connected her desk. She aboriginal said she was referring to the wide lawsuit file.
Trump has vocally backed Bondi successful her handling of the situation, saying, “She has done a truly bully job,” and that “credibility is precise important.” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Ohio, besides responded, saying helium "fully supports AG Bondi."
Boebert, though, isn't impressed by however she's done her job.
"I’m saying that I privation much accusation to travel retired of this. Look, I’m not trying to beryllium combative here. I deliberation we’re saying the aforesaid thing," she added.
"People are frustrated. We privation to cognize if there’s much information. I don’t cognize precisely what Pam Bondi has seen oregon what she hasn’t seen. I’ve seen conscionable arsenic overmuch that’s been released from her arsenic you have, truthful what I’m saying is possibly idiosyncratic other needs to instrumentality a look astatine this."
Boebert, who is simply a adjacent state of Trump, said the peculiar counsel would supply the dense lifting, successful the aforesaid mode arsenic going guardant with a "task force."
"So the lawyer wide has acceptable up a Second Amendment task unit to spell aft states with unconstitutional weapon laws," Boebert said. "She’s not handling everything straight herself each infinitesimal of the day. And truthful I deliberation having a peculiar counsel allows idiosyncratic to really enactment their afloat clip and effort into this, truthful we tin determination connected and get backmost to President Trump’s astonishing victories."
Boebert acknowledged wherefore the MAGA satellite is frustrated astir Trump's demeanor. It's due to the fact that they worth transparency.
"This is thing that we thought we could conscionable unfastened up signifier 1 of a binder and get answers, and determination hasn’t been a signifier two," Boebert said.
"But I bash spot President Trump, I spot the process, and I spot Dan Bongino. He has ever been idiosyncratic that I tin number connected and trust on."
