House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has a knack for wiggling out of situations. During the recent government shutdown, he used a variety of excuses for why he kept postponing swearing-in Congressmember Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona). He would often use the phrase, “I haven’t heard about it,” when responding to reporters on various issues, when, of course, he most certainly did know about what he was being asked.

Grijalva had to wait 50 days to take her oath of office all because she was the 218th vote on a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. After the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved that petition, President Donald Trump reversed course, signed the bill, and now the country waits to see what, exactly, will be released.

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