After months of confusion and distraction, Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday that the House would vote to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein next week.

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From the Daily Wire:

Johnson said on Wednesday that a discharge petition to bypass leadership and force a vote on the bill hit the benchmark for needed signatures. He has decided to expedite the vote for the bill, which under current rules could have been delayed until at least early December, according to The Hill.

The discharge petition received the final signature it needed after Johnson swore in Democrat Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday evening. Grijalva won a special election in Arizona seven weeks ago to fill the seat of her father, Rep. Raul Grijalva, who died in March from complications of treatment he was undergoing for cancer.

“As soon as the discharge petition received the 218th signature, we brought it up on unanimous consent, and that would, as you know, make it — would get it through the process immediately. The Democrats shockingly opposed it,” said the speaker. “It was a staggering level of hypocrisy. I think some of them regretted it, because within about a half hour of that, there was a lot of confusion, and some of them claim that they did not object, but they did, and that’s what happened on the floor.”

Speaker Johnson put off the swearing in of Representative Grijalva for weeks, claiming he would do so after the government shutdown was resolved. According to the Daily Wire, this decision prompted a lawsuit from the Attorney General of Arizona. Representative Grijalva’s introduction to the House brings the Republican-Democrat split to 219-214.

The Daily Wire notes that four Republicans joined every Democrat to force a vote to release the Epstein files: Representative Thomas Massie, Representative Lauren Boebert, Representative Nancy Mace, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. White House officials reportedly met with Representative Boebert on Wednesday, allegedly pressuring her to help block the release of the Epstein files. After the meeting, however, the Representative said that both she and the White House are committed to transparency, denying the accusation that the President pressured her to vote any which way.

The Epstein files have been a thorn in the side for Republicans for months now, with many accusing President Trump of seeking to hide any past involvement with the notorious sex predator. Let’s pray for full transparency that will cut through all lies and rumors!

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(Excerpt from the Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Office of Speaker Mike Johnson – X.com)