Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t block House vote to release Epstein files

Johnson’s House has been in recess since shutdown, delaying petition to force vote on making documents publicUS politics live – latest updatesRepublican House speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he would not prevent a vote on legislation to make the Jeffrey Epstein files public, even as the chamber remained out of session for a fourth straight week.Johnson has kept the House of Representatives in recess ever since the shutdown began at the start of the month, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on extending government funding beyond the end of September. Continue reading...