The rift within the Republican Party over the release of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to widen, with top congressional allies of President Donald Trump — including House Speaker Mike Johnson — calling for his administration to exercise greater transparency.

Democrats have already forced Republicans to take tough Epstein-related procedural votes that have stoked a barrage of constituent calls into GOP offices, but they have not yet been able to force a clear up-or-down vote on releasing the so-called Epstein files.

Republican lawmakers have blocked a move that could have forced President Donald Trump's administration to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein's investigation.

President Donald Trump continued Wednesday to dismiss calls within his own party for more transparency into the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and made claims, without evidence, that the controversy was designed to undermine him.

To the extent that the president is trying to persuade the public on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, polls suggest he's failing spectacularly.

President Donald Trump wants to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. But as usual, Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is a "no" vote.

US President Donald Trump has aggressively dismissed Republican calls for more transparency regarding the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, calling the issue a “hoax” and “bulls***” in a Truth Social post on Wednesday,

Democratic lawmakers are demanding the release of more Epstein files as the issue causes fractures within the GOP.

The MAGA movement, united for years around the theory of elite impunity, is suddenly uncertain, fractured, and, in some quarters, mutinous.

Steve Bannon has warned that the Republican Party could be at risk of losing dozens of congressional seats as a result of the Trump handling of the Epstein Files