Even Republicans think Mike Johnson's bluffing on shelving key Epstein measure

Some Republicans aren't buying House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) insistence he will not put a Jeffrey Epstein-related resolution on the floor this week.

Debate has surged in the House over whether to hold a floor vote on a measure demanding the release of documents related to the Epstein case. Johnson publicly declared there will not be a vote on the resolution before the House leaves for its August recess, despite mounting bipartisan pressure for Congress to do so.

The measure calls for the release of all unclassified records, flight logs, communications, and other materials concerning Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, their associates, and any implicated documents held by the Department of Justice or other agencies.

The showdown comes after the Wall Street Journal fanned the flames by reporting President Donald Trump sent a bawdy birthday letter to Epstein that included a sketch of a nude woman and an imaginary conversation between the two in which Trump said the too had a lot in "common."

Andy Harris, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, told Punchbowl News he doesn’t believe that Johnson "won’t put the Epstein resolution on the floor this week," reported Jake Sherman.

"I told him Johnson said it on camera. 'Alright. This is Monday,'" Harris replied, according to Sherman.