(23 Jul 2025)
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Washington – 23 July 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House:
"No one in Congress is blocking Epstein documents. No one in Congress is doing that. What we were doing here, Republicans are preventing Democrats from making a mockery of the Rules Committee process, because we refuse to engage in their political charade. That is what is happening and nothing more. The way Democrats are tried to weaponize this issue is absolutely shameless. And I just want to say this Democrats said nothing that did nothing, absolutely nothing about bringing transparency for the entire four years of the Biden presidency. But now all of a sudden, they want the American people to believe that they actually care. Their actions belie their words."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House:
"We’re in lockstep with President Trump and his administration on this issue. We are pushing for the release of all credible information to be released with regard to the Epstein matter. I would note also that there are real issues, legal issues, with the Khanna resolution, with the Massie resolution. Khanna’s has no protection whatsoever for the victims of these horrible, unspeakable sex crimes. And Massie’s doesn’t go far enough. Additionally, the president has directed the Department of Justice to pursue the release of grand jury information, and that is happening as we speak."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House:
"Every single one of us are for maximum transparency, and we’ll use every power that we have to ensure that that’s done. If they see fit to bring in Ghislaine Maxwell for testimony, that’s fine. I will note the obvious concern, the caveat that, Chairman Comer and I and everyone has that could she be counted on to tell the truth, is she a credible witness? I mean, this is a person who’s been sentenced to many, many years in prison for terrible, unspeakable, conspiratorial acts and acts against innocent young people. I mean, can we trust what she’s going to say, even if she raises her hand and says that she’ll testify under oath? Is that something that can be trusted? You know, that’s a reasonable question. Is that credible evidence? I don’t know,, but we’ll have to see. We have to, you know, uncover everything that we can and let the American people evaluate."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House:
"No, we don’t have any fear. No. No Reese. No, there’s no fear. No, there’s no fear. There’s no fear. We’re not going to allow the Democrats to use this as a political cudgel. Remember, they had four years. Hold on. The Biden administration held the Epstein files for four years. Not a single one of these Democrats or anyone in Congress made any peep about that at all. They could have brought the discharge petition at any point in the last four years. They chose not to. They waited until President Trump was elected. I think that’s very suspect. And…I will not allow the House to be dragged into political gamesmanship."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House:
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House:
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STORYLINE:
House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House doesn’t need to vote this week on releasing records related to the Jeffrey Epstein case because the Trump administration is “already doing everything within their power to release them.”
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