Overview

• In a CNN interview, Speaker Mike Johnson said Ghislaine Maxwell has no credibility and that he discounts her recent statements.
• Johnson asserted the Department of Justice and the administration have been fully compliant with subpoenas and have submitted more than 34,000 Epstein documents.
• He said House Oversight is reviewing the materials to protect victims' identities and that public releases could follow after that process.
• Pressed on a discharge petition by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, Johnson called it unnecessary, declined to guarantee a vote on it, and said there will probably be a vote on some related measure.
• The exchange followed weeks of scrutiny over an early August recess and came after DOJ-released transcripts of Maxwell’s interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, conducted under limited immunity.