The speaker is sending lawmakers home early for a five-week recess as he fights a bipartisan effort to force the release of Epstein files that could implicate Trump.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to explain why Attorney General Pam Bondi talked earlier this year of a Jeffrey Epstein client list but now a Justice Department memo says there is none.

"Why would you say she has files on her desk if none of these implicated anybody? It just feels like they're covering something for sure." The post Comedian Tim Dillon Says JD Vance Told Him Key Epstein Claim Made by Pam Bondi Isn’t True first appeared on Mediaite.

The attorney general has come under fire over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, with a recent poll showing her approval dropping.

The Epstein files are set to be kept under wraps for even longer after Donald Trump's Republicans scrapped plans to vote on releasing the documents. Mike Johnson, the Republican House Speaker, has stepped back from his commitment to hold a vote on the files before Congress enters its August break.

The Department of Justice said Tuesday it has reached out to Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid backlash over the administration’s handling of files related to Epstein.