Speaker Johnson: 'No Daylight Between The President & House Republicans On Transparency' Re Epstein

Late last night, Speaker Johnson was asked about the Epstein Files.

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00:00There's no daylight between the President and House Republicans on transparency, and

00:23he's been very clear that he wants all credible information, credible evidence to be turned

00:28over to the people so that the people can decide.

00:30We trust the American people and their judgment, and we're for that.

00:34The President is for that, and there's different ways everybody expresses the same truth, but

00:38I would tell you that there's a unified opinion on that.

00:41Mr. Speaker, in the Rules Committee tonight, you guys advanced a rule with the Epstein

00:45resolution that you guys crafted.

00:47Do you commit to putting that on the floor for a full chamber vote?

00:50The Rules Committee turned into a bit of a debacle this week because the Democrats were

00:54trying to politicize this.

00:55We were working on cutting fraud, waste, and abuse, and wasteful spending, and they

01:00kept trying to hijack that and derail it and turn it into Epstein hearings.

01:04That's not what the subject was.

01:06So the Republicans on the Rules Committee, most of them that were present, voted against

01:11Democrat amendments to try to hijack that.

01:13That was the right thing for them.

01:15They were wrongfully tarred and feathered by people who did not understand what was happening

01:20and said that they were covering up for ... They were in favor of concealing Epstein files.

01:24Simply not true.

01:26So the resolution that was advanced tonight in the Rules Committee was for them to go

01:30on record and say, no, of course we're for transparency.

01:32Of course.

01:33Every single one of the Republicans on the Rules Committee are for transparency and for

01:37releasing the files, just as the President of the United States is.

01:41And they wanted that to make crystal clear.

01:43Make it crystal clear.

01:44I think their vote tonight did.

01:45We'll determine what happens with all that.

01:47There's a lot developing.

01:49The President made his statements this afternoon.

01:51He's asked the Attorney General to release the information.

01:54I'm certain that she will.

01:55And everybody can make their own decisions about that.

01:57So we have a long list of priorities.

01:59Mr. Speaker.

02:00Will you commit to putting the Epstein Rule on the floor?

02:03Are you going to put that on the floor?

02:04We will see how all this develops.

02:05We're in line with the White House.

02:08There's no daylight between us.

02:09We want transparency, and I think that will be delivered for the people.

02:11Mr. Speaker won.