The rift within the Republican Party over the release of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to widen, with top congressional allies of President Donald Trump — including House Speaker Mike Johnson — calling for his administration to exercise greater transparency.

Tillis then called out Trump directly for attempting to dismiss the actions of Epstein, a disgraced billionaire and convicted sex offender who died under suspicious circumstances while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, as “boring.”