House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has responded after his name allegedly appeared in an email from 2013 sent to Jeffrey Epstein . Jeffries faced fresh scrutiny after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer pointed to a 2013 email that Epstein received from a political consulting firm promoting a fundraiser linked to the then-congressman. The message, which asked recipients to contact the firm if they were interested in attending a fundraising dinner or getting to "know Hakeem better",