Speaker Mike Johnson is on the defensive as he prepares to let the House leave early for August recess rather than allow his conference be hammered further by agitation on both sides of the aisle over votes to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Louisiana Republican Wednesday afternoon insisted, “no one in Congress is blocking Epstein documents.” He also defended his decision to shut down the Rules Committee this week and cancel consideration of key legislative agenda items after Republicans on the panel rebelled over being forced to take more Epstein votes.
“Republicans are preventing Democrats from making a mockery of the Rules Committee…
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