Johnson touts Oversight panel Epstein investigation as discharge petition looms

Speaker Johnson to allow vote on release of Epstein files

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) confirmed on Tuesday that he will not block a floor vote on a resolution seeking to force the release of files related to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein if the resolution reaches 218 signatures. According to Politico, a discharge petition filed by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is expected to reach 218 signatures once Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is sworn in foll…

House Republicans rail against Epstein files vote

As a book by the late Virginia Giuffre sparks new international interest in Jeffrey Epstein, House Republicans are still downplaying the need for a vote on releasing the Justice Department’s case files. Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that “the House Oversight Committee is already accomplishing” more than what the vote that every Democrat and four GOP rebels are pushing for. Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said he’s “working to b…

Speaker Johnson pledges not to block vote to release government's Epstein files

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said that he would not stand in the way of allowing a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release its Jeffrey Epstein files.

Speaker Johnson Makes Pledge For Epstein Files Release

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he won't block a floor vote on a resolution to release records tied to Epstein's records if it garners enough signatures.

Johnson touts Oversight panel Epstein investigation as discharge petition looms

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) praised the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in a press conference Tuesday, holding it up as a more effective way to probe matters surrounding the convicted sex offender than a discharge petition effort to circumvent leadership and force a vote to release the “Epstein Files.” In…

Johnson says he won't block a floor vote to release the Epstein files

But first, the speaker says, the discharge petition needs to reach 218 signatures — and Democrats need to end the shutdown.