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Citing talks with GOP counterparts, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) suggested that House Republicans’ support for President Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is collapsing.
“It’s coming to an end guys,” Swalwell wrote on X. “I’ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they’ve confided that Trump’s movement/support is fading. As one told me, ‘this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no want wants to defend a pedo-protector. It’s just a matter of time.’ ”
It’s coming to an end guys. I’ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they’ve confided that Trump’s movement/support is fading. As one told me, “this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no want wants to defend a pedo-protector. It’s just a matter of time.”
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) October 8, 2025Some prominent Republicans, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), had already broken ranks from Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to push for the release of the publicly unread documents on the late sex offender Epstein.
Trump cast suspicion on himself for calling the Epstein files a “hoax” after calling for their release on the campaign trail. Attorney General Pam Bondi strongly hinted she had a list to expose powerful clients of Epstein who might be mentioned in the files, but later said there was no list. Epstein, an old pal of the president, died in prison while awaiting trial for sex trafficking in 2019.
The recent election of a new Democratic House Rep. Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.) could be the tipping point in a potential vote to force the release of the Epstein documents. But Johnson has refused to swear her in, blaming the shutdown.
The speaker told Democrats who confronted him on the matter Wednesday, “We’re going to do that as soon as we get back to work, but we need the lights turned back on, so we encourage both of you to go open the government.”
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