'Cover-up': Mike Johnson draws scathing rebuke after 'awfully convenient' recess announcement - Alternet.org
By: Alex Henderson (Alternet. org)
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At a press conference on Tuesday morning, July 22, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced that he was cutting short the week's legislative activities and sending lawmakers home early for the summer. Johnson, according to New York Times reporters Annie Karni and Michael Gold, is doing so "to avoid having to hold votes on releasing files related to the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein."
Johnson told reporters about "endless efforts to politicize the Epstein investigation," adding, "We're not going to play political games with this."
Karni and Gold report, "He made the move to deny Democrats the chance to try to force procedural votes on measures that would call on the Justice Department to make the information public. It reflected how deep divisions among Republicans on the matter have now paralyzed the House, as Republicans seek to avoid a politically perilous vote on a matter that is confounding President Trump and roiling their MAGA base."
Johnson's announcement is drawing a lot of discussion on X, formerly Twitter — some of it downright scathing.
The 74's Jim Roberts tweeted, "Cover up."
The Never Trump conservative group The Lincoln Project posted, "Mike Johnson just canceled votes for Thursday and is sending the House home early for summer recess to avoid having to release the Epstein files. Afraid to take a vote over a 'witch hunt.' Got it."
The group Really American posted, "BREAKING: In an insane moment, Speaker Mike Johnson declares that he's "not going to play political games" with the Epstein files while doing exactly that by refusing to vote on releasing them before the August recess. Johnson has no spine."
X user Brian Varela wrote, "Speaker Johnson abruptly shut down the House for the August recess. One of the votes on the docket? A bipartisan bill to force the release of the Epstein files. The timing seems awfully convenient."
Another X user, Bill Winter, tweeted, "So ridiculous. Johnson closes a session early to avoid voting on the file being released, and then they want Maxwell to testify."
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Trump is in trouble so, of course, the MAGA syncophants shut down the House of Representatives. Who are they working for again?
as a thumper POS, mike johnson approves of trump banging underage girls. just like the other maga pedophiles that believe it's further biblical evidence that trump is the chosen one.
trump and his sycophants can't cover up or lie about his 2 decades of involvement with a sex trafficker, and bombarding the media with other misdirection attempts about MLK and obama aren't working either. time for the DOJ to go do some witness tampering on the pedo-king's behalf by visiting ghislaine in prison ...
She wants a pardon from Trump. Imagine what she is willing to do for him to get one. Lie, lie, lie.
total (selective memory) recall ...
well the age of consent is 12 in Louisiana, donchaknow?
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gee, same as the average maga goober IQ in that state ...
Coincidence?
... not in the bible belt.
Putin.
Yep
So, even Republicans want this stuff released, or he wouldn’t be locking the doors.
It was reported there are at least 11 House Republicans willing to vote for the bill to release the files. With all the Democrats favoring the bill, that's enough for it to pass.
If you turn on any rightwing media outlet you can watch virtually every rightwing media personality reveling in and smearing Trumps 'release' all over their faces daily. They gasp in delight, close their eyes as they taste it and shiver just like they swallowed some foreign dessert delicacy.
ROFL. Gross, but funny.
Johnson's action is truly a historic stand against American democracy.
... so are his religious beliefs.
His dominionism is anti-democracy.
I look forward to bidding for destroyed buildings on church property at county tax sales in the near future ...
... after the rats and crows are done picking thru them.
Nancy Pelosi sent the House home for it's summer recess on July 16th in 20221. The horror!
Did Pelosi announce it an hour before she sent everybody home ?
Pelosi didn't do it to protect a pedophile like your guy did.
mike's going home to pray the scandal away ...
She wasn’t covering for the Pedophile in Chief.
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But....but....but.......
deflection and projection ...
Mike Johnson draws scathing rebuke
A scathing rebuke ...like nobody's ever seen before!
a weak man
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Donald Trump Says His Name May Have Been Planted in Jeffrey Epstein Files
Gabe Whisnant 6-7 minutes 7/28/2025
On Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that his name may have been planted in the Jeffrey Epstein files by former Attorney General Merrick Garland or former FBI director James Comey .
Trump was asked in Turnberry, Scotland, "You had said you had not been briefed that your name was in the Epstein files, doesn't the AG have to tell you?"
The president responded, in part, "Well, I haven't been overly interested in it. It's a hoax that's been built up by those, way beyond proportion. Those files were run by the worst scum on earth. They were run by Comey, they were run by Garland, they were run by Biden. Those files were run for four years by those people."
"The whole thing is a hoax. They ran the files. I was running against somebody that ran the files. If they had something they would have released."
Trump just gets crazier every day.