Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the early closure of the House ahead of the votes around the release of the Epstein files
The fallout over the Epstein files appears to have ground Capitol Hill to a halt.
CNN reports Speaker Mike Johnson closed proceedings for August recess a day earlier than planned, ahead of votes around the release of the files.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Johnson says the whole issue should be allowed to cool down, saying they’ve been ‘clear and transparent’.
However, Arnold says, this is not the view of the MAGA faithful, with Republican activist Marjorie Taylor Green saying “if there is no justice and no accountability, people are going to get sick of it”.
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