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House Republicans face a growing divide over the Epstein files, creating a "summer of discontent" as the chamber adjourns early amid pressure from MAGA-aligned members.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would send lawmakers home a day early for a five-week summer recess to avoid a political fight over the files.
Pressley, a sexual assault survivor, said Epstein’s victims and the public “deserve transparency, accountability, and healing.”
The House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat calls the committee’s subpoena of the DOJ for the files a “huge win.”
President Trump was accused by CNN commentators of using Gabbard's press conference as political retribution and an attempt to shift focus from Jeffrey Epstein questions.
Speaker Mike Johnson expressed unusual frustration with fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who is working with Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.
Republican says no vote before summer recess but previously called-for documents relating to late billionaire pedophile to be unsealed
After facing untold scrutiny, much of it coming from Trump’s own MAGA base, Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche — who was also Trump’s former defense attorney — spent two days in Florida interviewing Epstein’s longtime accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.