Johnson says that Bondi needs to ‘present and explain’ the handling of Epstein archives

The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, urged the Attorney General Pam Bondi to “present and explain” the management of Jeffrey Epstein’s archives of the Trump administration.

In an interview with Podcaster Benny Johnson, the speaker urged Bondi to further clarify his previous comment on the revision of the supposed “customer list” of Epstein.

“Pam Bondi, I don’t know when the statement originally made. I think I was talking about documents, as I understood, they were on their desk. I don’t know if it was specific about a list or whatever, but you need to present and explain that to all,” said Johnson.

“I like Pam. I mean, I think he has done a good job. We need the Department of Justice to focus on the main priorities,” Johnson said during the interview.

Bondi was criticized for his comments to Fox News in February when asked about the supposed “customer list” of Epstein. She told him at that time: “He is sitting on my desk right now to check.”

After the Department of Justice and the FBI declared last week that they did not find evidence that the deceased financial one maintained a “list of clients” of associates with those who chanted or conspired to victimize dozens of women, Bondi said that his comments to Fox News simply referred to a “file” in Epstein.

However, this explanation has done little to quell the outrage of Maga supporters in the management of Epstein by the administration.

Johnson also intervened in the growing calls of Republican legislators so that Epstein’s convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, testifies to Congress.

“I am by transparency. We are intellectually consisting of this,” Johnson said when asked about Maxwell potentially testifying before Congress.

Johnson said that while he is not “aware of the facts” and “this is not my lane,” he also said: “We need to put it out there.”

“We will see what happens. I trust the president. I know that his heart and head are in the right place. I do not question that at all. I am convinced that they will solve this,” said the speaker.

Tennessee’s republican representative Tim Burchett, told ABC News that “he is not happy” with the way Bondi has handled Epstein’s issue. Like Johnson, he asked Bondi to explain his previous comments on the “customer list.”

“You know, I know it’s the 1,000 -pound gorilla in the room, but I’m not happy. No one is happy for that. No one knows what is happening,” Burchett said.

Later, in a letter sent on Tuesday, Burchett called the president of the Supervision Committee of the House of Representatives, James Eat, to invite Maxwell to testify at a public hearing.

“If Mrs. Maxwell rejects the invitation, I encourage you to use citation powers,” Burchett wrote in the letter, saying that the US people have “questions” about Epstein’s case. “It’s far beyond the time those questions are answered,” he said.

Republican senator Josh Hawley from Missouri said Epstein’s archives should be made public and directly request Maxwell to appear before the Senate Judicial Committee.

“I think all these things should be public. I mean, I think all documents should be public,” said Hawley. “I think we should all be outdoors. I am a great admirer of declassification, I think this is not technically classified. It’s alone, you know, control for prosecution, but I think we should say everything.”

“I think it is reasonable that the American people ask who [Epstein] Sex trafficked these young women A, if someone besides himself, “added the Republican Senator of Louisiana John Kennedy.” And if there were others involved, why have they not been prosecuted? That is a perfectly understandable question, and I think the Department of Justice will have to answer it. “

Late in Tuesday afternoon, Kentucky Gop representative, Thomas Massie, said he plans to follow a procedural gambit to trigger a vote of the Chamber on the legislation that would force the release of the “complete” Epstein archives.

Massie plans to offer a high request, which requires 218 signatures and allows most of the camera to avoid the leaders of the Republican Party. There would only be a floor action if the resolution receives enough support. A waiting period of seven legislative days begins once the petition has enough signatures, so this could become a headache for the leaders of the Republican Party after the August recess.

“We all deserve to know what is in Epstein’s archives, who is involved and how deep this corruption is going. The Americans were promised justice and transparency. We are introducing a high request to force a vote in the United States representatives’s camera on the release of complete archives,” Massie said in a position in X.

The representative of the Republican Party Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who also talks to the Benny Johnson podcaster in a separate interview, said he would support the creation of a special advisor to investigate Epstein’s issue.

“There must be a special investigation into this if information will not be provided,” he said.

Bobert also had a suggestion for whom he should lead the probe.

“Matt Gaetz as a special advice? Absolutely,” he said. Gaetz, a former Republican congressman from Florida, was once the subject of a federal sexual trafficking investigation of several years. Gaetz had long denied any irregularity and the probe ended without charges against Gaetz.

Meanwhile, the Democrats in the Chamber tried on Tuesday to force a vote and debate about the amendment of the California Rosta representative Khanna who would have demanded the release of all Epstein archives. His effort failed in just a vote after a vote of almost 45 minutes.

The Judicial Democrats of the House of Representatives wrote on Tuesday a letter to the president of the Jim Jordan committee, demanding a hearing with the Trump administration officials of the Department of Justice and the FBI in the Epstein archives.

However, Jordan publicly expressed unwavering support

“I have total confidence in President Tump and his team,” Jordan told ABC News when asked if he had any questions about Epstein or if Bondi handled the situation.