US House speaker says 'nothing to hide' in Epstein files
Source: Reuters
November 16, 2025 1:54 PM EST Updated 21 mins ago
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday he believed the approaching vote on releasing Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein should help put to rest allegations that President Donald Trump had any connection to the late sex offender's abuse and trafficking of underage girls.
"They're doing this to go after President Trump on this theory that he has something to do with it. He does not," Johnson, the Republican leader in the House, said on "Fox News Sunday."
"Epstein is their entire game plan, so we're going to take that weapon out of their hands," Johnson said of Democrats. "Let's just get this done and move it on. There's nothing to hide."
Although Trump and Epstein were photographed together decades ago, the president has said the two men fell out prior to Epstein's convictions. Trump has since instructed the Department of Justice to investigate prominent Democrats' ties to Epstein.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files-2025-11-16/
So then why did you essentially dissolve the House to keep it from doing any legislative business for 7 weeks and refused to swear in a duly-elected and certified member of Congress, who had promised to be the "218th vote" for release?
And as to this -
Really? Did you forget -
Zorro
(18,177 posts)KS Toronado
(22,116 posts)They can run but can't hide forever.
OldBaldy1701E
(9,550 posts)They have managed to remove enough key parts of the chain of evidence that they can claim that he has almost nothing to do with the guy. They will deny anything that says otherwise, and deny anyone who comes forward. No matter what evidence we present, they will lie and their base will back them up.
Botany
(75,887 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 16, 2025, 03:05 PM - Edit history (2)
Fine release them. Mike Grindr Johnson sure seems like a pedophile protector to me.
First thing tomorrow morning would be a good time to release them. Make sure to release
the flight logs for Trumps plane, the flight logs for Epsteins Lolita Express plane, the banking
records, the records of wire transfers into Epsteins accounts, the names of all the girls that
went from Trumps modeling try outs/beauty pageants and went onto being in Epsteins stable of
girls, and the testimony of all the women who were victims of the Trump/Putin/Epstein international
child sex trafficking ring.
I wonder how many girls that were caught up in the international child sex trafficking network just
ended up missing?
Iwasthere
(3,431 posts)The most important part imo
There is just too much information for any one person to comprehend. The man should
have been in prison years ago for his multiple crimes.
Liberal Media?
Chasstev365
(6,743 posts)DrFunkenstein
(8,871 posts)And Mike Johnson called on the House Ethics Committee not to release its report on Gaetz. But I trust him at his word.
And despite paying $130K in hush money to a porn star, being found guilty of sexually assaulting a women in a 5th Ave department store, and actively campaigning for child molester Roy Moore, I suppose Trump deserves the benefit of the doubt.
ananda
(34,010 posts)EarlG
(23,240 posts)"Epstein is their entire game plan, so we're going to take that weapon out of their hands," Johnson said of Democrats. "Let's just get this done and move it on. There's nothing to hide."
I guess thats a strategy
Lets just reveal that the President of the United States is at the center of an international child sex ring and move on. Theres nothing to hide.
Autumn
(48,655 posts)I bet they went through a ton of White-Out on them.
electric_blue68
(24,952 posts)I hated that stuff!
Callie1979
(1,027 posts)bluestarone
(20,796 posts)"Nothing to hide" I think should be spelled "Everything to hide" There that's better now. (the truth)
tavernier
(14,087 posts)Here we all thought he was somehow connected, but as it turns out, he had nothing to do with it. Thanks Mike for straightening us out. And because youre such a big and important guy and would never tell a lie, we have no choice but to believe you.
FakeNoose
(39,508 posts)The cleaned-up files are ready for release. The only names we're going to see are Clinton, Biden, Harris, Pelosi, and maybe a few others.
William Seger
(12,057 posts)I'm hoping the DoJ is at least a little worried about what the estate might still have before they go disappearing stuff.
Fil1957
(403 posts)red dog 1
(32,149 posts)Barrasso won't commit to holding a Senate vote on an Epstein files measure and says, "this is not about truth, this is about an attempt by the Democrats to make President Trump a lame duck president and I'm not gonna aid and abet them in their effort to do that."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-11-16T16:08:07.072Z
UT_democrat
(189 posts)Thats the simple truth
Seinan Sensei
(1,260 posts)Here is where Sen Barrasso (quite inadvertently) spoke the truth about (not) releasing the Epstein files
twodogsbarking
(16,790 posts)Stay tuned. We will be right back after a word from our sponsor, Trump Beer Pong, ages 12 and up. "She said she was 15."
wolfie001
(6,550 posts)Who TF can trust him concerning the p3do-in-chief?
progressoid
(52,346 posts)Javaman
(64,921 posts)The orange asshole launches his attack on Venezuela and tiny Johnson adjourns congress because of illegal undeclared war
Thus stopping the vote
Paladin
(32,034 posts)trump is crotch-deep in Epstein's filthy operation. Johnson wouldn't have been frantically and ineffectively trying to hide things this long, if that weren't the case. Here's hoping that Johnson's political career is destroyed by his pimping for trump, like so many others.
MaineNative
(66 posts)PatrickforB
(15,300 posts)Clouds Passing
(6,544 posts)RandySF
(79,788 posts)johnnyfins
(3,266 posts)in prison.
DallasNE
(7,924 posts)Then why havent the files already been released, killing the story in its entirety? No reason to adjourn the House for 7 weeks either.
C_U_L8R
(48,557 posts)While expending every possible resource to do anything they can to hide everything.
Scarlet Begalas
(68 posts)Hey, if you can't trust Lying Mike Johnson, who can you trust?
Buddyzbuddy
(1,923 posts)SaydiTom
(6 posts)Grins
(9,107 posts)An innocent man, charged with such heinous crimes, would have demanded those files be released to clear his good name.
Martin68
(26,633 posts)for a cover up, implying that Democrats were complicit in Epstein's crimes. Johnson is saying Democrats tried to use the release of the files for political purposes. He's a liar and a fool.
AllaN01Bear
(28,048 posts)JohnnyRingo
(20,279 posts)"oops!" And his dog ate the rest.
iemanja
(57,143 posts)The Wizard
(13,491 posts)a confession.
DSandra
(1,686 posts)Or Watergate for that matter. Republican presidents have a way of slipping past justice.