A congresswoman who received funding from alleged child molester Jeffrey Epstein looks likely to keep the funds he donated to her campaigns.

Representative Stacey Plaskett was given thousands by Epstein, who now faces sex abuse charges.

The representative from the Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States, received donations of $2,700 three times since 2016 - a total of $8,100, according to CNBC, including her reelection last year.

Epstein stands accused of abusing the underage girls between 2002 - 2005, prosecutors allege that he created a 'vast network' to 'sexually exploit.'

He pleaded not guilty to the charges at Manhattan Federal Court on Monday, and was ordered to be held without bail.

Epstein, who owns a private island within the Virgin Islands called Little Saint James, has been known for donating to democratic campaigns including Bill Clinton's.

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U.S. Virgin Islands Representative Stacey Plaskett could keep funds donated to her political campaigns from Jeffrey Epstein, which date back to 2016 and include last year's reelection

Jeffrey Epstein (left) stands accused of exploiting underage girls, he has pleaded not guilty before the courts. The political financier has donated to the campaigns of Bill Clinton (right), Plaskett and others according to donation documents

Epstein was charged with sexually abusing girls between 2002 - 2005 according to prosecutors, he denies the allegations

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee also saw a check from Epstein offering $10,000 in October but returned it.

A spokesman for Plaskett's office said that she had no plans to refund the donations for now, according to the site.

'I’m pretty sure she’s not,' they were told, before it was later confirmed that she was unlikely to return them. No further comments about case or donations were made.

Plaskett finished her 2018 campaign run with $359,000, of which some funds originated from Epstein.

She has limited voting power in the House of Representatives due to being from a U.S. territory.

Plaskett is involved with committees and has responsibilities in the House, but she cannot cast a vote if it will be decisive.

Epstein owns Little Saint James, a private island of the Virgin Islands, who Plaskett is a representative for

Other beneficiaries have included Harvard University, no statement has been made as to whether they will return the donations

Epstein has contributed more than $145,000 to democrats running for public office according to CNBC. He also donated $25,000 to the Clinton Foundation.

Other beneficiaries include Harvard University, which has yet to state whether they will return the donations, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Epstein gave them money as part of his $30 million pledge for an evolutionary dynamics program the site reports.

During the disgraced billionaire's federal court appearance for the first time on Monday he entered a not guilty plea to two charges of sex trafficking that could put him behind bars for 45 years.

The first count of sex trafficking occurred when Epstein's employees in New York called the two minor victims in Palm Beach to schedule a time for the minors to meet with the convicted pedophile. It is unclear whether those employees are cooperating with the investigation.

The second count relates to his alleged enticing of the minor victim from New York to commit a commercial sex act.

At one point during Monday's proceedings, Epstein's lawyer Reid Weingarten compared the victims who have accused his client of sexual assault to sex workers.

'It is fair to say that a significant segment of the law enforcement community in Florida thought that what we had was simple prostitution,' stated Weingarten.

He made this comments as two of those women, victims Michelle Licata and Courtney Wild, sat just a few feet away in the courtroom.

Licata was 16 when she claims Epstein assaulted her, while Wild was 14.

He later referred to the allegations involving Epstein as being 'ancient conduct.' When the judge pointed out that the victims' being underage would make the allegations a crime regardless, Weingarten responded: 'There's no statutory rape because there was no penetration.'