众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊周三在接受CNN采访时表示，他正在“积极推动”全面公布爱泼斯坦的文件。
“顺便说一句，总统也是。他也说过同样的话。在路易斯安那州的一次活动中，他站在人群面前接受美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)采访时说:“我们正在使用我们权力范围内的每一种机制来做到这一点，并尽可能快地做到这一点。”。
“我希望一切关于爱泼斯坦的罪恶都有可能被释放，因为那些参与了那些无法形容的邪恶行为的人应该受到法律的严惩，这应该发生在很久以前。所以，我完全赞成。我们必须以负责任的态度去做，”他补充道。
约翰逊回击了众议员托马斯·马西(Thomas Massie)的两党努力，迫使众议院就公布爱泼斯坦文件进行投票。
“我没有兴趣和托马斯·马西争论不休。他在做他正在做的事。每个人都可以自己判断动机。我不知道他在说什么，”约翰逊说。
Johnson says he and Trump are pushing for Epstein files release
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he is “pushing for aggressively” a full release of the Epstein files during a CNN interview on Wednesday.
“And by the way, so is the president. He has said the same thing. We're using every mechanism within our power to do that and to do it as quickly as possible,” he said during an interview with CNN while standing in front of a crowd at an event in Louisiana.
“I want everything to come out about the Epstein evils that is possible to be released, because the people that were involved in those unspeakable evil acts should be punished with the great severity of the law, and it should have happened a long time ago. So, I'm fully in favor of that. We have to do it in a responsible manner,” he added.
Johnson pushed back on Rep. Thomas Massie’s bipartisan effort to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.
“I have no interest in getting into the back and forth with Thomas Massie. He's doing what he's doing. Everybody can judge the motivation for themselves. I don't know what he's talking about,” Johnson said.
