“MAGA Republicans know that [former President Donald Trump] is profiting from Russian interference. The same super PAC that supports Mr. Kennedy and increased the budget on his behalf is run by a guy named Jason Boles,” Plaskett said at the hearing.
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He continued, “Jason Boles is not just a MAGA supporter. He also led the super PAC for MAGA Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, George Santos, and in 2022 endorsed Herschel Walker. Therefore, the user Mr. Kennedy is a user who needs the Republican Party to succeed in the professional aspect and in the user. Yet Mr. Kennedy presents himself as a Democrat. “
RFK Jr. , who had time to respond through Republican Rep. Greg Steube of Florida immediately afterward, said he was not familiar with the Super PAC Plaskett was referring to.
“I’ve heard of Mr. Boles and I’ve heard of this super PAC,” RFK Jr. said.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks at a hearing in Washington, D. C. (Al Drago/Bloomberg Getty Images/File)
At the end of the hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, began the final proceeding when RFK Jr. asked if he could comment further.
“No, you can’t,” Plaskett said. you can’t. “
“I didn’t postpone the hearing, and I don’t think the president,” Jordan replied to Plaskett. “It’s up to the president’s discretion, we’re going to let Mr. Kennedy. . . “
“I know it’s at his discretion, however, he has a lot of extra time. Why?” Plaskett asked.
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“Let him respond to the defamatory comment that was made about him that is false,” Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana said at one point.
“It wasn’t defamatory, it’s a legal definition that wasn’t met,” Plaskett responded.
It is not immediately clear what “defamatory” comment is being debated between Johnson and Plaskett.
Given the time to speak, RFK Jr. temporarily returned to the topic of Heal the Divide, reaffirming that he had never heard of it and stating that he only had a tangential connection through a third party affiliated with his campaign.
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Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla. , listens to a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D. C. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images/File)
“I need to acknowledge the data on the super PAC you mentioned,” he told the committee after receiving the extra time. “I’ve just been told that this super PAC is connected that we have a connection to. It’s not a super PAC I’ve passed, and it’s not one, as I said, that I’ve heard of. “
Jordan thanked him for his and then officially adjourned the meeting.
RFK Jr. , who is running for the Oval Office in opposition to President Biden, was invited through Republicans to testify at the federal government’s subcommittee hearing on militarization.
Robert Kennedy Jr. , 2024 presidential candidate, testifies at the federal government militarization subcommittee hearing, July 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill. (Jim Watson/AFP)
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At the beginning of the debate, after her opening remarks, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida proposed holding the hearing in an executive consultation to talk about RFK Jr. ‘s alleged violation of a House rule to prohibit testimony that defames or degrades others.
Wasserman Schultz said the witness had made “despicable” anti-Semitic and anti-Asian comments in recent days, referring to his comment that COVID-19 might have been “an ethnic target” because those most immune to COVID appear to be Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. RFK Jr. later said he did not accuse anyone of intentionally engineering COVID to save certain ethnic populations.
Wasserman Schultz’s resolution to skip the hearing and move to executive consultation was defeated, 10-8, thanks to the Republican majority on the committee. Some Democrats made “no to hate speech” comments as they voted against GOP pressure to eliminate Wasserman Schultz’s motion.
Peter Kasperowicz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
Timothy Nerozzi is a Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and email timothy. nerozzi@fox. com