Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) mentioned Tuesday that Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is aware of his and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) resolution on files associated to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein would cross, claiming that’s the reason the Home adjourned sooner than scheduled.
“He is aware of that the decision would cross. I imply, the fact is, we have now 11 Republicans: Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, Tim Burchett, in fact, Thomas Massie, who’s been courageously main this,” Khanna informed CNN’s John Berman on “Anderson Cooper 360.”
“I do not assume they’ve ever, in my whole 9 years in Congress, sponsored any laws that I’ve launched,” Khanna added. “So, that is one thing that he is aware of his base desires. It will overwhelmingly cross, and so he is actually closing Congress as a result of he would not wish to vote on our invoice, or any invoice or any modification associated to Epstein — the discharge of the Epstein information.”
The Epstein saga induced chaos within the Home for the second week in a row, prompting Home GOP management to scrap lots of their plans for the week resulting from threats from Democrats forcing politically robust votes.
Johnson introduced on Monday that the decrease chamber wouldn’t vote on a decision calling for the discharge of some paperwork associated to Epstein earlier than the August recess. Members had been additionally despatched early for a month-long break from Washington after the legislative agenda was upended by these clamoring for a vote.
Republican help has recently rolled in for a brand new legislative push in the Home to direct the Justice Division to launch extra information on Epstein.
Massie, who has been main the push with Khanna, introduced on social media final week that Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Jeff Van Drew (N.J.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Eric Burlison (Mo.) and Tim Burchett (Tenn.) had signed on to co-sponsor the measure.
“All of us need to know what’s within the Epstein information, who’s implicated, and the way deep this corruption goes. People had been promised justice and transparency,” Massie mentioned final week in a publish on the social platform X.
“We’re introducing a discharge petition to pressure a vote within the US Home of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE information,” he added.
The Hill has reached out to Johnson’s workplace for remark.
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