{"id":27155,"date":"2025-07-15T18:35:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=27155"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:35:52","slug":"more-distracting-kabuki-theater-johnson-breaks-with-trump-calls-for-doj-to-release-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=27155","title":{"rendered":"MORE DISTRACTING KABUKI THEATER: Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the Department of Justice to release all of its information on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail after\u00a0being charged with sex trafficking<\/a>, and wants Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain previous statements on the matter.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration this month declined to release additional information regarding Epstein\u2019s death, with the Justice Department and FBI concluding there\u2019s no evidence that Epstein had a list of clients or was murdered in his jail cell. Republicans blocked a House vote on Tuesday afternoon that Democrats tried to cast as a referendum to force the White House to release the files.<\/p>\n

In an interview\u00a0published shortly after the vote<\/a>, Johnson told conservative commentator Benny Johnson that he is \u201cfor transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very delicate subject, but you should put everything out there, let the people decide it,\u201d the Louisiana Republican said.<\/p>\n

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