Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn abruptly canceled a Tuesday fundraiser that was set to be co-hosted by a Democratic operative who was mentioned in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files as allegedly transporting young girls for the late convicted sex offender.

Dana Chasin — a Rockefeller heir who advised Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign as well as former Sens. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) — was listed on an invitation for the Washington event benefiting Osborn, who is running against GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts as an independent.

His name appears in a March 2024 email sent to a Justice Department attorney by Jeanne Christensen, a lawyer representing a young unnamed woman who alleged Chasin flew her on a private plane to Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse for sex with powerful men. The email, which details allegations of sexual abuse, also mentions a second flight with Chasin but does not make a direct accusation against him.

Christensen did not respond to an email seeking comment. A spokesperson for her firm, Wigdor, declined to comment.

Blue Light News asked the Osborn campaign Tuesday afternoon whether it was aware of Chasin’s name surfacing in the files. “This event has been cancelled,” a spokesperson replied.

“Anyone who hurt kids or engaged in other illegal activity needs to be arrested and prosecuted,” the statement continued. The spokesperson did not respond to a question about what vetting had been done of the co-hosts in advance of the event.

Chasin — who has donated more than $2 million to Democrats since the 1990s, according to federal records — did not respond to requests for comment. An invitation to the fundraiser listed tickets from $250 to $3,500.

In recent weeks, Osborn has made numerous posts on X calling for justice to be served for Epstein’s victims.

“There is a small, powerful group of ELITES who think they can do anything they want on this earth,” he posted Monday. “They think they are deserving. They think they are exceptional.”

House leaders are postponing their latest effort to block votes on President Donald Trump’s tariffs until 8:30 p.m. amid internal GOP backlash.

House Republican leaders are attempting to use a procedural measure to block any resolutions related to Trump’s tariffs until the end of July, restarting a moratorium on such votes that expired on January 31. But they face significant internal opposition from a band of tariff-skeptical Republicans, led by Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Rep. Kevin Kiley of California.

Several Republican lawmakers have expressed discomfort with a tariff regime that polling shows is broadly unpopular, even with parts of the GOP base, as Americans continue to grapple with high costs for everyday goods.

House leaders have side-stepped the controversy since last March, when they first used a procedural measure to block efforts to force a vote on the national emergency Trump used to implement the tariffs. The move has guarded members from a controversial vote ahead of a crucial midterm election and has protected the president from clear vote of Congressional disapproval as his administration attempts to strike agreements with major trading partners.

If Republicans fail to pass the new procedural block, Democrats are aiming to force a vote on Trump’s 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods as early as Wednesday, with votes on the president’s global tariffs and tariffs on Brazil and Mexico to follow.

The Senate has already disapproved of the tariffs four times.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday a GOP counterproposal on Department of Homeland Security funding is “woefully inadequate” and shows the White House “is clearly not open to” several key Democratic demands.

Speaking four days ahead of a DHS shutdown deadline, Jeffries said the Republican offer did not satisfactorily address a need for judicial warrants, detention center standards, independent investigations and excessive-force standards. Asked about whether the Trump administration would support a prohibition on masks for federal agents, Jeffries said, “That’s an open question.”

“They don’t appear to be open to … ensuring that ICE agents are identifiable in a manner consistent with every other law enforcement agency in the country,” Jeffries said.

Also speaking Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he believed there was still room for compromise, with support from at least seven Senate Democrats needed for any shutdown-averting stopgap measure.

“There are things I think on probably both sides that are non-negotiables,” he said. “But I do think there are a number of things in the range of common ground.”

Speaking on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer struck a more cautious tone than Jeffries, saying Democrats “need to see more from Republicans very soon.”

“What Democrats propose is the definition of common sense, he said. “We simply want ICE to follow the same standards that most law enforcement agencies across America already follow.”

Jordain Carney contributed to this report.