Mike Johnson accused Democrats of “cherry pick[ing] three emails out of 20,000 documents” to “try and imply that the president was guilty.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has claimed that the Democrats rushing toward a vote next week to release files linked to the sex trafficking investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is a part of the party’s “entire game plan.”

“President Trump has clean hands. He’s not worried about it. I talk to him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. He’s frustrated that they’re turning it into a political issue,” the Louisiana politician told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”

Johnson called the move “not surprising because the Democrats have nothing else to talk about.”

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    14 hours ago

    My theory is that he traded the release of these files. Still questionable at best.

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      My theory is that he’s a neoliberal corporatist traitor who decided to sabotage the party because the socialists and progressives did too well in the election. Can’t have success associated with a leftward shift, ever, at all costs – even capitulating to fascist pedos for zero gain.

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        9 hours ago

        Absurd. I get that you want everything to be black and white. It’s certainly easier to just rage indiscriminately. But it’s not productive.