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 Jeffrey Epstein with when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida.

Acosta, a George W. Bush appointee, went on to serve as Donald J. Trump's Labor Secretary, and none of that has to do with Obama. But Mullin's interview was really for an audience of one, and I'm sure Trump was gleeful when, once again, a Republican blamed our country's first Black president for Donald's bad judgment and possible crimes.

Mullin blocked the release of the Epstein Files, and it's obvious why he did that.

Mullin told Tapper that "there was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009, way before Trump was even considering to be in office, under the Obama administration."

Uh, no.

Tapper corrected him, then Mullin asked, "Who was in office at the time?"

"George W Bush," Tapper said.

"No," Mullin insisted. "2009 was when the case came out, and Obama was in office at the time."

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