Johnson says House will vote next week on whether to release Epstein files

CNN Speaker Mike Johnson declared to reporters on Wednesday that he will put a bill compelling the Department of Justice to release all of its Jeffrey Epstein development files on the House floor next week earlier than expected We re going to put that on the floor for a full vote when we get back next week Johnson mentioned In the meantime I ll remind everybody the House Oversight Committee has been working around the clock on its own analysis the speaker disclosed Johnson is required to put the bill from Democratic Rep Ro Khanna and GOP Rep Thomas Massie on the floor soon now that their discharge petition has reached signatures But he has selected leeway to do so and Johnson suggested Wednesday he would not use that extra time