Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., joined Alex Witt on Saturday to break down the latest developments in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including last week’s testimony from Ted Waitt, a former romantic partner of Ghislaine Maxwell.
During his testimony, Waitt, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist, said he had no knowledge of any illegal activity. Walkinshaw, a member of the oversight committee, told Witt he found it “hard to believe” that Waitt “never had an inkling of knowledge about the crimes that were being committed by Maxwell and Epstein.”
“They were in a romantic relationship for a long period of time,” the congressman said. “Maxwell was committing crimes with Epstein at that same time he claimed to have heard no evil and saw no evil.”
Walkinshaw said that “the most common phrase” he heard from Waitt was “I don’t recall.”
“There were a lot of conversations and things that he couldn’t recall,” the Virginia Democrat continued. “So I find it hard to believe that you could have no knowledge that your romantic partner was involved in these kinds of very serious crimes. But that’s what he said.”
Waitt has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein’s or Maxwell’s crimes.
Walkinshaw also spoke about former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s scheduled appearance before the committee on May 29. She agreed to appear after Democrats threatened to hold her in contempt for failing to comply with an earlier subpoena from the committee.








