House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the bipartisan discharge petition to release files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is “superfluous” and “should be stopped,” as House Republican leaders and the White House fight back on the measure.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) launched a congressional petition on Tuesday to force a vote to release the full Epstein files.

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“It should be stopped because it’s superfluous now. It’s not necessary,” Johnson said Thursday on Punchbowl News’s Fly Out D

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