MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell suggests a controversial deal to end the government shutdown could have an unanticipated bright side and bring America a step closer to learning the truth about late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his rumored clients.
The “Last Word” host argued Monday that despite a few Senate Democrats voting Sunday with Republicans to end the shutdown, infuriating their colleagues and many others, it’s actually the Republicans who have to fall in line by agreeing to the new deal.
O’Donnell noted that the reversal will force House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “to bring all of his Republican House members back and all of them have to change their positions.”
“When Mike Johnson does that, the Epstein files come back to life in the House of Representatives,” O’Donnell said, “because when Mike Johnson convenes the House of Representatives, he will have to swear in the newest elected member … Adelita Grijalva of Arizona.”
“She will then immediately become the 218th signature on a discharge petition that will force a vote of the House of Representatives on releasing the Epstein files, a vote Mike Johnson fears more than any vote ever cast during his speakership,” O’Donnell continued.
