New Delhi, July 16 -- Mike Johnson, speaker of the House, called for the justice department to make public documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with Donald Trump over an issue that has roiled the president's rightwing base.

Days after backing Pam Bondi on the 'unsatisfactory' release of Epstein files, US President Donald trump has now addressed the mounting pressure from MAGA and sought that the Attorney General release "whatever she thinks is credible."

After a six-month honeymoon in which a fractious Republican Party has remained mostly united by unblinking allegiance to the president, there are now signs of a potential fraying of Trump's political coalition.

The Cause - Jeffery Epstein Files

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