House speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein votes

U.S. House starts summer break early, avoids vote on Epstein investigation

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he wants to give the White House “space” to release the Epstein sex-trafficking information on its own.

ThePatriotLight - Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess

ThePatriotLight - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Tuesday announced he was putting an early end to the summer legislative session, denying justice-seeking members the chance to force votes on releasing files relating to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. While the House was scheduled to stay in session through Thursday, the last action will take place on Wednesday instead, after a Rules Committee standoff on how to handle amendments an…

Speaker Johnson recesses House early over potential vote on Epstein documents

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, announced on Tuesday that the House of Representatives would recess, a day earlier than originally scheduled. D.C. politics publication The Hill reported earlier this week that Congressional Republican leadership struggled to contain House Democrats’ attempts to get a floor vote on releasing documents relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Instead, Republicans initially chose to recess the Rules com…

Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess

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Johnson cuts short House business to avoid vote on releasing Epstein files - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that he was cutting short the week’s legislative business and sending the House home early for the summer on Wednesday to avoid having to hold votes on releasing files related to the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.