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Speaker Johnson caves amid MAGA mutiny and plans bill to release ALL Epstein files next week

Johnson said the House would vote next week on the petition to release the Epstein files.

Speaker Johnson caves amid MAGA mutiny and plans bill to release ALL Epstein files next week
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will vote next week on a petition forcing the Justice Department to release Epstein-related files, after the petition reached 218 signatures. Newly sworn-in Representative Adelita Grijalva supplied the final signature, while several Republicans joined the effort.

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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker of the House who says he will schedule a vote on releasing the Epstein files

PRIMARY SUBJECT

Representative whose signature brought the discharge petition to 218

Grijalva's version of this story ↗
Nancy Mace
R · SC-1

Representative who signed the petition

Attorney General who attended a White House meeting with Boebert

Todd Blanche
R · Attorney General

Deputy attorney general who met with Boebert and interviewed Maxwell

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President discussed in the released emails and in accounts of his past association with Epstein

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Representative who put forward the discharge petition

Representative who signed the petition and met with Trump administration officials

Raúl M. Grijalva
Former U.S. Representative (D-AZ)

Former representative and father of Adelita Grijalva

Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former U.S. Representative (R-GA)

Representative who signed the petition

White House press secretary who defended the administration’s handling of the email release

Ro Khanna
D · CA-17

Representative who put forward the discharge petition with Massie

ALSO MENTIONED  Kash Patel, FBI director who attended the White House meeting with Boebert; Kathryn Ruemmler, Former Obama White House lawyer mentioned in an email exchange with Epstein

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Johnson Says House Will Vote on Releasing Epstein Files

A petition seeking the release of Epstein-related files reached the support needed to bring legislation to a House vote. Speaker Mike Johnson was involved in the dispute over the vote’s timing. Left-leaning outlets emphasize Johnson’s delay and criticism of his handling of the vote, with some linking the fight to scrutiny of Trump and Republicans. Center outlets mostly explain the petition, vote timing and procedural next steps, while some report allegations over delayed seating or voting and political pressure. Right-leaning outlets foreground Republicans’ claim that Democrats blocked a faster vote to keep the issue alive.

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