White House, Jeffrey Epstein
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Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and associate, has reemerged in recent days as a pivotal figure in what the White House hopes will be the cure for the threat to President Donald Trump’s relationship with his base.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.
President Trump and his allies are desperate to move past the Jeffrey Epstein controversy — but their own words and actions are having the opposite effect. Trump’s decision to sue The Wall
Representative Ted Lieu said “Trump is all over the Epstein files.” He called the Republican lawmakers’ move “a coverup of epic proportions.”
Johnson said he wouldn’t allow a vote on a measure calling on the White House to release all the files until after Labor Day at the earliest to give President Trump “space” to release some
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said there will not be a vote before Congress' August recess on a resolution that calls on the Trump administration to release more files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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White House faces backlash after booting The Wall Street Journal from Scotland media coverage plans
The move comes after The Journal reported that the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card in 2003 with a drawing of a naked woman.
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five of the six counts she was facing including the most serious charge of sex trafficking a minor.
House Republicans have largely halted work in order to avoid an Epstein files vote. The DOJ said it wants to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell. New Jersey judges ousted Trump's pick for the state's U.S. attorney.