A Republican voter and woman who is a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein‘s abuse called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over delaying swearing in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) and the vote for a bill to release the Epstein files.
Epstein survivor Haley Robson told CNN anchor Pamela Brown on Wednesday that she feels disappointed by Johnson and President Donald Trump, who she voted for, over their handling of the files and discharge petition.
Brown asked her what she would tell the president.
“The flip flop in the back and forth has been nothing short of nauseating and embarrassing,” Robson said of Trump. “I think that you [Trump] had 2024 campaigned on this, so it’s very overdue for the survivors. I think that if you would like to clear your name once and for all, and let’s put the past behind us so we can all move forward in a positive direction and finally get the justice and clarity that we deserve. I suggest that we follow through with our promises. We follow through with what we have said we were going to do, because at the end of the day, we only have integrity and we only have our word. So I would like to see him sign this and let’s get through it.”
She also reacted to Johnson’s comments that Tuesday’s landmark legislation was a political show vote.
“Well, I was present in the room when they were doing the votes, as well as all the survivors. And I can say the only theatrics I saw was from him [Johnson],” Robson said. “I think some of his comments were on that fine line. This is not a hoax. There is no theater coming from us or the survivors on our end. I’m appalled by him in general, and I’ve lost a lot of respect by him.”
For 44 days, Grijalva, who was a deciding vote in the discharge petition, was not sworn in. Robson blamed Johnson for delaying the vote amid the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
“You will never convince me that shutting down the government for 50 days — and in those 50 days was when we needed them the most. And in those 50 days, we don’t know what happened. We just know that you wouldn’t swear in Adelita Grijalva. And I’m sure there was more pressing issues and policies that came to light in that decision making. But this has been an issue that has been very important to the American people, and something that he campaigned on,” Robson said.
Brown clarified that the shutdown last 44 days.
“And when you have a policy or procedures that need to be done for the American people, I feel it’s in America’s best interest and the people’s best interest. If you follow through and get things done, instead of just closing off, surely they are the adults. Surely they can figure it out,” Robson added.
Johnson has said that he was concerned that releasing the files could harm innocent people or other survivors who wanted to stay private, and that he wanted to add amendments, Brown said.
“Well, no, that’s actually inaccurate in my opinion, because the survivors that don’t want to be public are Jane Doe’s,” Robson explained. “They’ve been protected and their names have been redacted this whole time as Jane Doe’s.”
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