CNNs Kasie Hunt interview with GOP rep ends abruptly claiming she had planned to ask about Jeffrey Epstein

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt’s interview with Rep.Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) was abruptly cut off Tuesday — at which point she claimed she had planned to ask him about convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein and alleged “preferential treatment” for his former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.Burchett appeared on Hunt’s show “The Arena” to discuss corruption in Washington when the congressman’s feed was lost mid-rant.“The real problem, ma’am, is the politicians are greedy and they’re selling this country down the road,” Burchett said before Hunt pressed, “Yourself included?”“Well, they’re sellin’ us all down the road.

I don’t, I don’t go with them, but you don’t see me —” Burchett replied before Hunt interjected, “But you’re a politician.”“Well, heck yeah, I am, and you’re in the media, so we’re both hated,” Burchett shot back.As the Tennessee lawmaker continued blasting lobbyists and “five-dollar-bill”-chasing politicians, his video connection dropped.“Well, it looks like we lost this politician,” Hunt said on air.“I was going to ask him about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s apparent preferential treatment.We’re not going to have a chance to do that now, hopefully next time.”Hunt did not elaborate on what she planned to ask, but her comment came as lawmakers in Washington raise questions over Maxwell’s current status at a federal prison in Texas.

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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee claimed this week that the British socialite is being “waited on hand and foot” and enjoying unusually relaxed conditions for a convicted sex trafficker.In 2022, Maxwell, 63, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping Epstein recruit and groom underage girls.Earlier this wee...