Johnson said he wouldn’t allow a vote on a measure calling on the White House to release all the files until after Labor Day at the earliest to give President Trump “space” to release some

Representative Ted Lieu said “Trump is all over the Epstein files.” He called the Republican lawmakers’ move “a coverup of epic proportions.”

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein , instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.

There’s no pretending otherwise: disgraced and deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein has hijacked Washington.

The move comes after The Journal reported that the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card in 2003 with a drawing of a naked woman.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Department of Justice wants to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend. Maxwell was convicted in 2020 of helping the disgraced financier sexually abuse underage girls and is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison.

President Trump targeted former President Obama at the White House earlier today in an attempt to distract from the fallout over the Jeffrey Epstein files. Independent journalist Philip Bump, 'The Red Letter' author Tara Palmeri,

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Trump administration to release all the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.