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Speaker Johnson Calls for Release of Epstein Files
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0:19Now PlayingThe rift within the Republican Party over the release of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to widen, with top congressional allies of President Donald Trump — including House Speaker Mike Johnson — calling for his administration to exercise greater transparency.
The growing controversy has threatened to fracture Trump’s political base, tarnishing his image as a fearless, no-holds-barred reformer in the eyes of his fervent supporters while offering Democrats a wedge to exploit.
Even as the president has sought to tamp down the growing uproar regarding the deceased sex offender, indications on Capitol Hill Tuesday were that the dispute was far from over. Representative Thomas Massie, an arch-conservative Kentucky Republican who has frequently broken with Trump, said he would offer a discharge petition that could force a vote on releasing files related to the case.
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