As lawmakers seek Epstein case files, Johnson and Trump criticise Democrats for ‘inaction’ during previous Biden administration.
After the US House Speaker, Mike Johnson, sent lawmakers home early for recess in July, he said if they were so concerned about releasing records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, they could have sought them during Joe Biden’s presidency.
US Representative Thomas Massie and Representative Ro Khanna – along with 30 Democratic and 11 Republican cosponsors – filed legislation to try to force the government’s release of federal Epstein investigation files.
During the last presidency, “neither of those guys said a word about it”, Johnson said of Massie and Khanna on July 24 on CBS.
Trump made a similar argument that Democrats could have acted before he took office in January.
