"It's really a Democrat hoax, because they're trying to get people to talk about something that's totally irrelevant to the success that we have had as a nation since I have been president," Trump told reporters.

The debate comes amid growing frustration in Congress, with survivors warning they may move to compile their own list of alleged abusers from Epstein's network if the government fails to act. "It will be done by survivors and for survivors," Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips said, according to US media reports.

On Capitol Hill, the demand for disclosure is now being pursued on two tracks. Johnson has assured that the House Oversight Committee's probe will "uncover things that have never been uncovered before." However, critics argue the investigation may not yield much beyond what is already public, CNN reported.

In parallel, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna of California are leading a bipartisan bill to compel the release of the complete file. Massie is also working to force a floor vote on the measure through a discharge petition, which requires 218 signatures.

Massie wrote on X, "We have 214 signatures on the discharge petition to force a vote on a bill to release the Epstein files. I'm 99% certain we'll get 218. At that point @SpeakerJohnson may try to change the rules of the House, but chair of Rules Committee says she won't!"

So far, CNN reported, only four Republicans--Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace--have signed on. Survivors, meanwhile, face legal risks in releasing names themselves, with some lawmakers warning they could be "sued into homelessness." Massie suggested such a list might not materialize "any time soon."

So far, CNN reported, only four Republicans--Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace--have signed on. Survivors, meanwhile, face legal risks in releasing names themselves, with some lawmakers warning they could be "sued into homelessness." Massie suggested such a list might not materialize "any time soon."

In another X post, he added, "Survivors at our press conference announced they are privately compiling their own Epstein list. They would be sued into homelessness for naming names, but @RepMTG and I are willing to name names in the House of Representatives under Constitutional 'speech or debate' immunity."

In another X post, he added, "Survivors at our press conference announced they are privately compiling their own Epstein list. They would be sued into homelessness for naming names, but @RepMTG and I are willing to name names in the House of Representatives under Constitutional 'speech or debate' immunity."

Meanwhile, both Johnson and the White House have advised Republicans against supporting Massie's petition. A White House official warned that signing on would be viewed as a "very hostile act to the administration," CNN reported.

>>1432981
lol he's already walking it back because he realized how retarded this sounds

>Uh it's a hoax but also Trump exposed it, which would mean he was there but still won't release the files and gave Maxwell a better deal for uh... reasons

>>1432987
>he's already walking it back
Source?

>>1432981
Trump is a spy :3

>>1432996
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/07/trump-epstein-johnson-fbi/
>The Speaker is reiterating what the victims’ attorney said, which is that Donald Trump — who kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago — was the only one more than a decade ago willing to help prosecutors expose Epstein for being a disgusting child predator
We've already gone for "Trump actually worked with the FBI to bring down Epstein" to "Uh, well, actually Trump wanted to help bring him down.". Conveniently leaving the FBI completely out of it and going right back to Trump trying to say he always knew Epstein was a creep even though he only started saying that after he got caught.

Knowing this admin/party, in a week he'll be saying his original statement of Trump being an FBI informant was taken out of context and/or that he didn't actually say it.

>>1432981
>https://www.business-standard.com/
>Business Standard is an Indian English-language daily edition newspaper,[4] also available in Hindi. Founded in 1975, the newspaper covers the Indian economy, infrastructure, international business and trade, information on financial quotations, corporate governance, and a range of other financial news, opinions and insights.[citation needed]

>The main English-language edition comes from 12 regional centres: Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, and Kochi, and reaches readers in over 1,000 towns and cities across India.[5]
This is what happens when OP gets his news from shit-tier Indian sources on facebook.

>>1432998
No one thought that Trump was an FBI informant except for gullible MAGA morons, who just needed some semi-plausable lie to cope over the weekend. And even then, the local shill still crashed out hard.

Trumps not going to be able to cover this up for longer, the basic facts are against him.

He knew there was a client list when they caught Epstein, before they killed him.
They tried to bury it during Trump 1
They screeched about it throughout Bidens term, demanding the client list be released
A few months into Trump 2 they claimed they had the client list on Bondi's desk
Then magically, the client list didn't exist anymore implying Bondi shredded it.

>>1432996
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/mike-johnson-trump-epstein-fbi-informant

In a matter of days, the US House speaker, Mike Johnson, claimed that Donald Trump was an FBI informant who was working to try to take down the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein – then backed away from the confusing statement.

Johnson made the baffling claim on Thursday speaking to reporters at the US Capitol. “He was an FBI informant to try and take this stuff down,” Johnson said of Trump.

The remark was so perplexing that it reportedly confused even Trump administration officials.

By Sunday, Johnson was walking back his explosive comment. “The speaker is reiterating what the victims’ attorney said, which is that Donald Trump – who kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago – was the only one more than a decade ago willing to help prosecutors expose Epstein for being a disgusting child predator,” his office said in a statement.

Brad Edwards, an attorney who represents several Epstein victims, told reporters Wednesday that Trump had helped him look into claims against Epstein more than a decade ago – but had since done an about-face, according to the Washington Post. He did not say on Wednesday whether Trump had cooperated with law enforcement.

>>1433000
I like how the biggest plot hole in the "Trump was an FBI informant!" story is that there is no way on EARTH Trump himself wouldn't have been constantly bragging about it.

>>1432981
>Speaker Johnson saying Trump was an FBI informant in Epstein case
https://i.postimg.cc/66SvB81q/johnson-trump-fbi-informant.jpg
So much for that idea

>>1433015
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mike-johnson-admits-claim-trump-151901724.html
'Mike Johnson Admits His Claim on Trump and Epstein Was Total Nonsense'
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/epstein-case-mike-johnson-backs-claim-trump-was-fbi-informant-rcna229828
'In Epstein case, Mike Johnson backs off claim that Trump was an FBI ‘informant’
When the House speaker claimed that the president was an FBI “informant” in the Epstein case, it raised some awkward questions. Then he walked it back'

>>1433000
>the local shill still crashed out hard.
They keep digging their grave deeper and the local shills think tRump's exoneration is at the bottom

When we heard about Trump sending Epstein a birthday message referring to a shared secret inside of a drawing of a womans torso, I assumed there'd be boobs involved.
Its a fucking flat chest.

https://x.com/OversightDems/status/1965125560016994708

>>1433035
Here is a better source than "oversight dems" on twitter
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-birthday-book-oversight.html
https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/108195710-1757357704257-slack-imgs.png

Remember the fake Russian collusion that Democrats sang for years? This is the same thing.

>>1433045
What was fake about it? It really happened.

>>1433048
Look, Dems tried to pretend Trump colluded with Russia
But what actually happened is Trump refused to answer questions about colluding with Russia, and other members of his campaign were caught colluding with Russia.
So obviously the whole thing is a lie because we never got to get a real answer out of Trump. /s

Reminder: whatever rightards say is fake news. Their opinions don't have the right to be listened to because they're cultists of a pathological liar Just say to them 'When I want you opinion I'll give it to you'

>>1433048
The Mueller investigation concluded that there was no evidence of collusion

>>1433085
wow, look at that. proof in the very next post below yours

>>1433098
The Rubio investigation, which happened after Mueller, concluded there was evidence of collusion in his campaign.

>>1433098
>The Mueller investigation concluded that there was no evidence of collusion
nah, thats just a MAGA coping lie.
The Mueller report didn't find evidence of collusion between Russia and Trump. That almost sounds like the same thing, if you ignore all the parts of the Mueller report that say they couldn't investigate the issue because it was outside of scope and strongly suggested looking closer because there may be collusion.

So really, its more truthful to say that the Mueller Report didn't clear Trump of collusion with Russia.

>>1433042
The official Twitter handle for Democrat members of the House Oversight Committee is a bad source?

>>1433128
Yes because very few people will believe them unless it comes from a reputable news source.

>>1432981
Trump was an informant, to a case invented by the Democrats, because only bad people care about Jeffrey Epstein, but that was a lie created by the Democrats.
all over a guy that never dies

>>1432981
>Trump was FBI informant against Epstein: US House Speaker Mike Johnson
Took them some time to come up with this bullshit excuse.

>>1433250
It’s been floating around on pol and other parts of the internet retardosphere

>>1432981
Absolutely nobody but the most devoted cultists believe this

>>1433116
it is also more truthful to say that peter strzok and lisa page couldn't be cleared of abusing their authority to affect the crossfire hurricane investigation

but you'll get your panties all a-knot and aren't intelligent enough to understand why that parallel construction is meaningful, so why i brought it up, i'm not even sure

>>1433264
Now THIS is some classic whataboutism

>>1433265
is innocence only until proven guilty, or just until cleared?

>>1433266
You seem pretty triggered that Trump wasn't confirmed as not colluding with Russia, and that there were enough red flags for a followup investigation that ended up quashed at Trumps request
But I guess only Democrats need to be held accountable, Republicunts are fine with propping up pedophiles and traitors as long as they're white.

>>1433266
Yeah sure OJ is innocent. If you're rich enough you don't have to worry about prosecution.

>>1432981
>While Johnson sought to clarify Trump's stance, the president himself has dismissed calls for greater transparency in the Epstein case
Stupidest fucking excuse not to release the files. Show me transparency not this she said he said bullshit.
>Johnson claimed that Trump has been an FBI informant
People can literally say whatever the fuck they want. Doesn’t mean you should believe any if it. Release the files.