A MAGA lawmaker who said he would “love” to see the crude letter President Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein backed out when offered the chance by a reporter just seconds later.
In a moment when MAGA fantasy clashed with political reality, Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison insisted he wanted to see the letter right up until he was offered the chance.
“I’ve not [seen the document], but I would love to see it like, matched with his handwriting,” Burlison told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill.
However, given the chance to see the incriminating sketch of the female form, Burlison chickened out. “Here’s the letter if you wanna look,” Raju told him.
“Yeah, I don’t, I don’t wanna see it,” said Burlison, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the hardline conservative group closely tied