House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared on CNN Friday, and things got predictably uncomfortable when he was asked whether he’d allow a vote on a bipartisan bill from GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California that would compel the full release of the Epstein files.
“It’s now a moot point. It's not even necessary,” Johnson said.
“You don't think it's going to happen?” CNN’s John Berman asked.
“There may be a floor vote of one measure or another. We have our own resolutions to do all this, but I don't—it's, it's sort of not necessary at the point because the administration is already doing this. They're turning it over,” Johnson replied.
Berman then pressed Johnson to answer the damn question already, but the speaker continued to dance around it.
“You can