Reference News Network July 23 report - According to the website of the UK's Financial Times, on July 22, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson提前让国会休会, avoiding voting on the issue of publicly releasing documents related to the Epstein case. Currently, allies of President Trump are trying to control this escalating crisis.

The House will go into recess starting on the 23rd, one day earlier than planned, with a recess period of five weeks, expected to resume work in September.

The report stated that Johnson said on the 22nd that the Democrats' efforts to push for votes were "political games" - these votes aimed at requiring the U.S. Department of Justice to release documents related to the life and death of the notorious Epstein.

Johnson said that the Democrats used the Epstein case as a "political battering ram." He also said, "We will no longer allow them to play such a farce."

However, several Republican members of the House have called for the release of the so-called Epstein case documents, including some of the most active people in Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement who have also demanded greater transparency.

Republican Congresswoman Ralph Norman from South Carolina said, "The public will not let this go unanswered, which is reasonable."

The report said that Trump had promised during his presidential campaign to release these documents. However, a memo released this month by the Department of Justice and the FBI stated that there was "no credible evidence" indicating that Epstein engaged in blackmailing prominent individuals, and the so-called "client list" did not exist.

As the way the government handled the Epstein case documents has caused widespread controversy, a senior official from the Department of Justice said on the 22nd that they would meet with Ghislaine Maxwell to see if evidence could be obtained. Maxwell was convicted for helping the deceased pedophile lure young girls.

The report also said that the House Oversight Committee voted on the 22nd to subpoena Maxwell, requiring her to provide information about Epstein's activities. (Translation/ Qing Songzhu)

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