House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended his decision to send the House into its August recess early rather than hold a politically contentious vote on releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“No one in Congress is blocking the Epstein documents,” Johnson said to reporters. “Republicans are preventing Democrats from making a mockery of the Rules Committee process because we refuse to engage in their political charade. That is what is happening, and nothing more.”

Johnson vowed that Congress would act if more information about the New York financier is not released over the August recess. He said there was no point in voting on releasing anything Epstein related while the Trump administration is working on unsealing grand jury information.

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