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GOP Senator Refuses to Admit Bush, Not Obama, Was President During Epstein’s Plea Deal

Sen. Markwayne Mullin repeatedly blamed Obama for the sweetheart plea deal Jeffrey Epstein got in 2008, when George W. Bush ...
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GOP Senator Pushes False Epstein Claim Even After Jake Tapper Corrects Him in Wild CNN Interview

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) repeatedly pushed a false claim about the Epstein prosecution — even after Jake Tapper corrected ...

Jake Tapper And Oklahoma Senator Get In Heated Back-And-Forth Over Epstein's 'Sweetheart Deal'

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

Sen. Markwayne Mullin became the latest MAGA star to try to link a Trump scandal to former President Barack Obama.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper exposed GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Sunday after the Republican senator tried to link the Jeffrey ...
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'Not true': Republican continues to push false claim despite being fact-checked on live TV

During a heated exchange on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R‑OK) pushed a false claim that the Obama ...
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'Confronted with reality': GOP senator schooled on Epstein 'sweetheart plea deal' timeline

During a Sunday, July 27 appearance on CNN, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) passionately defended President Donald Trump's ...

Tapper, Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin spar on the effort to release the full Epstein files

Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin discusses the Epstein controversy with Jake Tapper and what it will take for the Trump ...

Maddow Blog | Targeting Epstein's 'sweetheart' deal, Senate Republican forgets who was president in 2008

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to rope Barack Obama into Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein scandal. It went horribly ...

CNN host laughs at Republican senator as he fact-checks him on Epstein ‘sweetheart’ deal

CNN’s Jake Tapper repeatedly fact-checked a Republican senator on air Sunday as the lawmaker insisted that Democrats and ...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin falsely said Epstein’s plea deal was made under Obama

In a July 27 interview on CNN’s "State of the Union ," U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., blamed Obama for the "sweetheart deal" given to Epstein, a sex offender who died in federal custody in 2019.
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GOPer Blames Obama For An Epstein Deal Done While Bush Was In Office

CNN's Jake Tapper corrected Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin twice when he somehow tried to blame former President Barack Obama for the "sweetheart plea" that Alex Acosta gifted disgraced financier ...

Jake Tapper Plays Footage Of Markwayne Mullin Arguing Against Bill Calling For Epstein Files Release

Walmart Stabbing Suspect Identified As Bradford James Gille, 11 Injured A frustrated Trump gives more details on his ...