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Mike Johnson: “The Biden Department of Justice had these files, and no one…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Gives Floor Remarks Ahead of Vote to Release the Epstein Files

Published | Video Starts at 02:31

Have to look at the obvious facts. The Democrats had all the Epstein files in their possession for four long years under the Biden presidency. The Biden Department of Justice had these files, and no one on this side who is breathless today about the urgency of this release ever said a word about it. And it was the Democrats who could have urged President Biden's Department of Justice to go beyond prosecuting just Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. But they didn't do it. (02:31–02:40)

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Asserts that the Biden DOJ had Epstein files and Democrats did not previously express urgency.

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