House Speaker Mike Johnson publicly split with Donald Trump over Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday by calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all records related to the sex offender. Johnson said Tuesday that the Republican base being in an uproar over the Trump administration’s handling of the matter shows the need for “transparency.

President Trump’s base is angry at him for allegedly selling out on the Epstein scandal, despite the fact that there is no evidence of foul play or a client list.

And some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.” Trump has tried to damp down speculation, fanned mainly by Democrats, that the withheld files contain evidence of a deep connection between Trump and Epstein.

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Trump said he had personally warned the Journal’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, and its editor in chief, Emma Tucker, that the letter was “fake,” calling the story “false, malicious, and defamatory.”