Mike Johnson And Reporter Get Into Spat When He's Asked If GOP 'Fears' Epstein Report Vote

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During a press conference on Wednesday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was asked whether his party was afraid of voting on releasing the Epstein files.

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00:00I mean, obviously, we've seen the conservatives shut down the House floor routinely.

00:04You saw that you had to pull the rule because of fear of Epstein votes.

00:07No, we don't have any fear. No, no. Hold on. No, Reese, no. There's no fear here.

00:11No, there's no fear. There's no fear. We're not going to allow the Democrats to use this as a political country.

00:16Remember, they had four years. Hold on. The Biden administration held the Epstein files for four years.

00:22Not a single one of these Democrats or anyone in Congress made any people about that at all.

00:27They could have brought a discharge petition at any point in the last four years.

00:30They chose not to. They waited until President Trump was elected.

00:33I think that's very suspect. And I will not allow the House to be drug into political games.

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