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Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein

One of the leading Republicans on Capitol Hill broke with the Trump administration's decision not to release the files of deceased sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein as the controversy deepened over the handling of an issue that has seen unprecedented division among the GOP base. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that he supported the release of the Epstein files days after Trump's Justice Department said the matter was effectively closed. Johnson is a close Trump ally and has never broken so publicly with the president on an issue.