House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended his decision to release the House for August recess early, over the fallout of the Trump administration’s non-release of the files related to disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted a bipartisan push to vote on the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files as “reckless.” Johnson made the comments while addressing reports that he adjourned the House early July 22 to avoid the vote.

I don’t know why it should be politically painful to be transparent,” Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, said on Sunday, referring to comments by Speaker Mike Johnson.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday said that the current controversy over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is “going to hurt Republicans in the midterms.” “This is going to hurt Republicans in the midterms,

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) talk about their bipartisan push to release the Epstein files. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defends the administration’s handling of the Epstein issue.

House Speaker Mike Johnson called for "transparency" as the Donald Trump administration faces pressure to release more information on Jeffrey Epstein

Today, the Department of Justice met with Epstein co-conspirator and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Maxwell to testify before the panel remotely on August 11.

Speaker Mike Johnson is leading the chorus of GOP voices accusing Democrats of a double standard in their calls for transparency in Jeffrey Epstein's case.