New Delhi, July 16 -- Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, has urged the Justice Department to release documents pertaining to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, marking a departure from Donald Trump on an issue that has deeply unsettled the president's right-wing supporters.

Days after supporting Pam Bondi amid criticism of 'unsatisfactory' release of the Epstein files, US President Donald Trump has now responded to growing pressure from his MAGA base by stating that the Attorney General should release "whatever she thinks is credible."

This followed his receipt of a brief update from the Justice Department and FBI on the case, amidst ongoing controversy and calls for greater transparency over the handling of Jeffrey Epstein's doc...