Johnson accuses Massie of political waterfall in the battle of Epstein’s transparency

The president of the Mike Johnson room, r-la., Sharpened his criticism of the representative Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Tuesday, when the debate on how to manage transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case rages on Capitol Hill.

“I would describe almost all that Thomas Massie says, as linked to this question, as meaningful,” said Johnson to journalists, saying his hardest remarks to date against the Kentucky Republican.

The JAB came a few minutes before Massie introduced a measure designed to bypass Johnson and forcing a vote on the legislation forcing the release of a wide range of files from the Ministry of Justice (DoJ) linked to Epstein. Johnson, on the other hand, supports a separate resolution authorizing the survey of the Chamber’s supervisory committee on the case.

Massie and the representative Ro Khanna, D -Calif., Heads a discharge petition – a rare procedural decision which allows legislators to bypass leadership if a majority of room members connect.

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President Mike Johnson and representative Thomas Massie exchanged hard words in the press while the fight on how to promote transparency in the case of Jeffrey Epstein continues. (Getty Images)

Massie told Fox News Digital that he expected enough signatures to reach this threshold by the end of this week.

“I think there is a very good chance of that,” he said.

Tuesday afternoon, the petition had two signatures: Massie and the representative Jim McGovern, D-Mass.

Asked about Johnson’s comments, Massie paraded the measure of the leaders of the Chamber as “placebo resolution”.

“He copied three pages of my resolution. I mean, we wrote this from scratch. So, if he thinks that it does not make sense, why does he copy it and remove his teeth?” Said Massie. “He is afraid of President Donald Trump. Mike Johnson’s speaker clings to this thread.”

The chairman of the Chamber’s Supervisory and Responsibility Committee, James Comer, directs a bipartite investigation into the treatment of the Epstein case. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

The Doj has already started to shoot thousands of files to the supervisory committee under a bipartite summons, although at least certain reductions are expected.

Johnson argued that his approach balances the transparency of confidentiality problems for the victims of Epstein.

He told journalists on Tuesday: “I wouldn’t put much stock in what Thomas Massie says.”

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“The Republicans of the Chamber were very consistent with regard to maximum disclosure and maximum transparency with Epstein files, but we had to do so in a way that would protect the innocent victims of these horrible crimes,” said Johnson. “We have reached this. Now we have a resolution that will accomplish this desired end. And what people want to do with this for political ends is that, for me, it is really shameful.”

Massie and Khanna plan to hold a press conference on Wednesday with several Epstein victims to promote their resolution. These victims also met Johnson on Tuesday and members of the supervisory committee.

The force test highlights the intensification of the GOP divisions on how to manage the treatment of the DOJ of the Epstein case, which was rekindled after an internal note has effectively declared the closed affair this year.