The Republican speaker truncated the legislative schedule for the week ahead of a summer recess, moving to deny Democrats the chance to force votes on whether to release the Epstein material.

The Speaker had said he wanted full transparency, but now he’s shut down the House to spare Trump from such demands.

The House is canceling votes and sending members home early this week as the chamber is paralyzed over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) assuring Republicans that the Trump administration is taking care of it.

Mike Johnson shuts Congress for summer to avoid dealing with Trump handling of Epstein files - ‘We're not going to allow them to engage in that charade,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson says of Democrats’

House Speaker Mike johnson began the August recess early in order to avoid votes on the release of the government's files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson sent U.S. representatives home a day early as a debate over whether to release records from the federal investigation into convicted sex

The turmoil in Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein probe isn't going away anytime soon after the House Speaker ended the legislative session early before the August break.