Ask a Pol Politics: Rep. Becca Balint, Dems “very worried” Trump buries Epstein files he signed into law

By Matt Laslo

Ask a Pol asks:

After pulling out all stops to try and quash the bipartisan effort to release the Epstein files, both President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson changed their tunes at the end and said they were fine releasing the files. Does that signal that your work isn’t done and GOP leaders have something up their sleeves, even after the House of Representatives approved the bill 427 to 1 before the Senate unanimously passed the measure President Trump signedinto law earlier this week?

Key Balint:

“We’re very, very worried,” Rep. Becca Balint exclusively told Ask a Pol Politics. “If that f*cking happens to them, they’re going to be so devastated, because they feel like every single step of the way, they thought they were getting to action.

“And it was so moving and so powerful what these women had to say. And yeah, they’re worried they’re going to be dragged through all of this only to have it snatched at the last minute. Yes, that is my concern, that this is what [Speaker Mike] Johnson is sort of teeing up for, ‘Yeah, fine, we’ll do this because it’s not going to happen.’”

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Matt Laslo

The LCB’s founder, veteran political correspondent Matt Laslo, has brought Washington, DC to life for millions (73+ million on last count) of listeners, viewers and readers. He’s reported for five Pulitzer Prize-winning news outlets, 60+ award-wining local NPR outlets, nonprofit newsrooms and national magazines. He also runs the popular interactive journalism startup Ask a Pol Politics — a Substack bestseller.

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