Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday she has faced more pressure on a petition to initiate a House vote to force the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein than on any other issue.
Green told NewsNation’s Blake Berman on “The Hill.”
“I think when it comes to rape of women, especially when they were 14 years old, it’s very black and white,” she said.
The Georgia representative is one of only four Republican House members to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on the full release of the Epstein case files. Green remains a staunch supporter of the President, But she keeps breaking down again and again During his second term he sided with his party on both the Epstein files and foreign policy issues.
she has told before also There is “a lot” of pushing and shoving. From the White House on supporting the discharge petition.
In recent months, the Trump administration has faced intense backlash from both sides of the aisle over its handling of the Epstein-related files.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that his delay in swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.) is not related to their upcoming meeting. signature of liberation petition,
“That’s nothing to do with this. We’ll swear them in when everyone comes back,” Johnson said at a news conference.
When asked about the timing of Grijalva’s swearing-in, Johnson said: “I think we’ll schedule it whenever she wants. It has nothing to do with this.”
“The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I’m ready to get to work,” Grijalva said. said in a post on monday. “Swear in on me right now @SpeakerJohnson!”
On Monday, President Trump said he would need to talk to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and look into the case of former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s refusal to review her sex-trafficking conviction. punishment from 2021,
