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Speaker Johnson Pressed On Epstein Files After Starting Recess Early As Massie Pushes Resolution
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At today's House Republican leadership press briefing, Speaker Johnson responded to Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) criticisms surrounding the Epstein Files.
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impact our districts and our communities. With that, I'll take a few questions.
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Mr. Speaker. Good morning. You say yesterday that you were in lockstep with the administration on the Epstein files,
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but it doesn't seem that you're in lockstep with all of your House Republicans.
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Thomas Massey, you've just seen in the past hours, this is going to come back and bite Republicans.
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What do you say to the schisms inside your conference here?
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I say Thomas Massey is the one trying to bite Republicans, okay? I'm not quite certain what his strategy is.
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But it's just not him. I mean, otherwise you guys wouldn't be calling off the week tomorrow.
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You'd be able to put your rules on the floor. I understand the issue with the Democrats.
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Yeah, no, I just explained why. We're not going to play political games with this.
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We've all been very clear and transparent.
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The House rules resolution sets a good standard and requires all credible evidence to be released,
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and that's exactly where the White House is.
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As I've said many times, there's no daylight between the White House and the House.
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You have to allow the legislation to ripen, and you also have to allow the administration the space to do what it is doing.
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The president has said clearly, and he has now ordered his DOJ to do what it is we've all needed DOJ to do for years now,
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and that is to get everything released.
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So they're in the process of that.
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But there's no purpose for Congress to push an administration to do something that they're already doing.
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And so this is for political games.
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I'm very resolute on this.
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We can both call for full transparency and also protect victims.
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And if you run roughshod or you do it too quickly, that's not what happens.
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But I'm convinced that the DOJ is going to do their job, the administration is going to do their job,
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and we'll do our job.
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And so we'll see to it.
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