Senator Markwayne Mullin falsely attributed the 2009 plea deal involving Jeffrey Epstein to the Obama administration during a CNN interview. Jake Tapper, the host, corrected Mullin, stating that the deal was made in 2008 under U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, a Bush appointee. Despite being informed that George W. Bush was in office at the time, Mullin insisted on his original claim. The conversation revealed that the case was indeed sealed in 2009, but the plea agreement had already been established the year before, which led to public outrage upon its unsealing.
Mullin insisted that former President Barack Obama's administration was responsible for striking a sweetheart plea deal with the disgraced financier in 2009, despite correction that it was 2008.
Jake Tapper pointed out that the plea deal struck with Epstein took place in 2008 under U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, a Bush appointee.
Despite Tapper's clarification that George W. Bush was in office during the plea deal negotiations, Mullin repeated his claim regarding the Obama administration's involvement.
Mullin continued to insist that the case was sealed in 2009 and unsealed in the same year, where the public learned the lenient terms of Epstein's plea deal.
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