https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/humiliated-johnson-fumes-epstein-files-174930232.html

A “pathetically humiliated” Speaker Mike Johnson was visibly fuming when his plan for an Epstein files bill blew up in his face.

The Republican said he was “deeply disappointed” that the Senate passed legislation to declassify files related to Jeffrey Epstein without amending it—something he was clearly taken aback by as he left a state dinner.

“I was just told that Chuck Schumer rushed it to the floor and put it out there preemptively,” he told a MS NOW reporter on Tuesday. “It needed amendments.”

The bill in question had already passed the House with flying colors, with only a single GOP representative voting against it. Johnson demanded that his fellow Republicans in the Senate make changes to the legislation before sending it back to the House.

Senate Leader John Thune, a Republican, did not heed Johnson’s call, and the bill passed the Senate after its minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called for unanimous consent.

Next, the bill heads to Trump’s desk for signing or vetoing. The president pledged Monday that he will sign the bill, despite asserting for months that the issue of Epstein needs to be moved on from.

Johnson, a known Trump suck-up, said he spoke to the president immediately after the Senate passed the bill. Asked how Trump felt, Johnson did not rule out a veto.

“I just spoke to the president about that,” he said of the bill’s need to have additional protections for those not accused of a crime. “We’ll see what happens.”
MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell then asked Johnson, “So do you think he may veto it?”
Johnson answered, “I’m not saying that.”
Schnell shot back, “Is he supportive of it in its current form?”
“We both have concerns,” he responded.