House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would vote in support of releasing the Epstein files on Tuesday after ongoing attempts to avoid even holding the vote failed.

The speaker’s “yes” vote comes after President Donald Trump reversed course over the weekend and said he supported Republicans voting for the bill after desperately trying to block it for months.

Johnson himself only scheduled a vote on the bill to release the full files after the discharge petition received the necessary 218 signatures to force a vote, months after the bipartisan bill was introduced.

The Speaker was clear on Tuesday that he still did not support the discharge petition as it stood and had various concerns.

However, he sidestepped a question when asked point-blank if his “yes” vote was because Trump told Republ

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