Democrat Stacey Plaskett, a ‘Friend’ of Jeffrey Epstein, Takes Max Donations from Dead Pedophile’s Political Fixer Who’s Backing Her Bid for Governor
Erika Kellerhals, a former Epstein lawyer who oversaw his network of shell companies and allegedly pressured Virgin Island officials to waive Epstein's sex offender registration requirements, contributed $3,500, the federal maximum, to Plaskett's gubernatorial campaign on April 13, records show. Kellerhals's husband, her law firm partner, Greg Ferguson, his wife, and Sebastiano Cassinelli, a Virgin Islands businessman who solicited political donations from Epstein, also gave maximum amounts to Plaskett's congressional campaign. Those donations, which made up roughly one-third of Plaskett's fundraising haul last quarter, could renew questions for the former Trump impeachment manager as she runs for governor of the U.S. territory.
- ▪Erika Kellerhals, a former Epstein lawyer who oversaw his network of shell companies and allegedly pressured Virgin Island officials to waive Epstein's sex offender registration requirements, contributed $3,500, the federal maximum, to Plas
- ▪Kellerhals's husband, her law firm partner, Greg Ferguson, his wife, and Sebastiano Cassinelli, a Virgin Islands businessman who solicited political donations from Epstein, also gave maximum amounts to Plaskett's congressional campaign.
- ▪Those donations, which made up roughly one-third of Plaskett's fundraising haul last quarter, could renew questions for the former Trump impeachment manager as she runs for governor of the U.S. territory.
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Democrats Democrat Stacey Plaskett, a ‘Friend’ of Jeffrey Epstein, Takes Max Donations from Dead Pedophile’s Political Fixer Who’s Backing Her Bid for Governor Plaskett famously texted with Epstein during a congressional hearing and asked a question based on his prompting Stacey Plaskett (@StaceyPlaskett/X) Chuck Ross July 24, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D.), now running for governor of the Virgin Islands, again distanced herself from Jeffrey Epstein at a debate this week, and called the saga over her former friend and constituent "a very difficult chapter in Virgin…
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