Johnson flips on the Epstein files, saying Trump needs 'space.'
Source: The New York Times
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday that he would not hold a House vote this summer on whether the Justice Department should release files related to the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, retreating from his demand last week that the material must come out.
Reacting to intense pressure from the angry MAGA base, Mr. Johnson had on Tuesday showed a rare glimpse of daylight between himself and Mr. Trump, who was imploring his supporters to move on from the matter.
We should put everything out there and let the people decide, Mr. Johnson had said on The Benny Show when asked about the Justice Departments investigation into Mr. Epstein. I agree with the sentiment that we need to we need to put it out there.
The Rules Committee, a powerful panel controlled by the speaker, had even approved a measure that would bring to the floor a resolution calling for the disclosures, though Republicans gave no timetable for voting on it.
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Mikey bent over again. Unreal.

sop
(15,652 posts)Ray Bruns
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PatSeg
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global1
(26,189 posts)and cut a deal so she won't implicate him any of this Epstein file's issue.
He needs to resolve this first - before they bare their soul to the public. He needs to be sure that - like everything else = he can worm out of this one. He needs to control the situation.
a distraction / deflection. Mike's part of the cover up..
muriel_volestrangler
(104,422 posts)It's probably quite a lot of space - it took 1,000 FBI agents to start mapping it.
Blue Owl
(57,098 posts)ck4829
(37,055 posts)TheRickles
(2,923 posts)underpants
(192,354 posts)Mikey thinks he can stall this away, the WH is punting to Kash, and its not going away. Their own people are raging about this including former QAnon influencer Empty Greene.
Karasu
(1,877 posts)Ray Bruns
(5,513 posts)callous taoboy
(4,732 posts)BurnDoubt
(966 posts)I'd have said it if you didn't.
Dave Bowman
(5,706 posts)virgdem
(2,275 posts)Works for me.
John1956PA
(4,372 posts)republianmushroom
(21,116 posts)Paladin
(31,438 posts)trump's balls aren't going to lick themselves, you know...
C Moon
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mdbl
(7,212 posts)and Amazon delivery is giving longer than usual wait times.
groundloop
(13,219 posts)By the time our (oops, tRump's) DOJ gets done with those files tRump will look like a Boy Scout.
Miguelito Loveless
(5,145 posts)I think I can't hate them any more...
Buddyzbuddy
(1,360 posts)Standing up is an issue for the little guy.
I'm sure the young girls also known as victims wanted some space too, from all of the sweaty old pervs.
truthisfreedom
(23,453 posts)He should self-deport.
electric_blue68
(23,425 posts)Mike Nelson
(10,708 posts)usonian
(19,908 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:55 PM - Edit history (1)
Boots Randolph, a great performance.Dueling Saxophones. Wow.
P.S. I watched all your TV shows, Mike.

I ALMOST FORGOT.
Apropos Benny Hill and the sign.

Irish_Dem
(73,408 posts)mike_c
(36,700 posts)"Mikey, you just find us another thirty days and Kash, Pam, and I will take it from there. Just find me thirty more days!"