GOP Lawmakers to Be Confronted by Jeffrey Epstein Saga as They Return to Congress
Republicans face political pressure from both Democrats and Trump's MAGA base to release Epstein documents while managing a possible government shutdown and upcoming midterm elections.
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GOP lawmakers to be confronted by Jeffrey Epstein saga as they return to Congress
House GOP leaders returning to Capitol Hill this week from the long summer break will be immediately confronted with the radioactive subject of Jeffrey Epstein. Top Republicans had accelerated their July exit from Washington in part to avoid the thorny Epstein saga and were hoping the attention swirling around the convicted sex offender would dissolve…
No More Shields, No Plan: Republicans Brace for Bad News as Epstein Case Explodes With Their Return to Washington
The House of Representatives may have gone quiet over the summer break, but the chaos didn’t stop. And now, as Congress returns to Washington, Republicans are walking straight back into the flames they tried to escape — with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal quickly climbing back to the top of the headlines. Back in July, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) abruptly adjourned the House for recess. The move came just as pressure was mounting over the Trump ad…
GOP lawmakers hoping for 'survival' as they wade back into the Epstein swamp: analyst
Republican lawmakers are returning to Washington, D.C., after Labor Day with the dark cloud of the Jeffrey Epstein files waiting for them and no clue where a vote on releasing them will go and what they will reveal.In his column for The Hill, longtime political observer Juan Williams claimed there are multiple “fires” the GOP –– which has majority control of both chambers –– will have to put out, but none bigger than the Epstein mess that was ma…
The country's House of Representatives will have a forced vote, the head of the minority dusts a little-known rule, and Trump's response will characterize the next phase of the Epstein investigation, says Eric Garcia
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