GOP Senator Gives Trump A Warning About The 2026 Midterms
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Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) criticized the administration's effort to sweep the Jeffrey Epstein files under the rug.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, warning that the White House’s handling of the issue could affect the GOP’s performance in the 2026 midterm elections.
In an interview with Axios’ Stef Knight, Tillis said the best thing the administration can do at the moment to address the Epstein controversy is “just release the damn files.”
“The promise to release the files during the campaign was either overplayed and we got a nothingburger if the files get released, or it’s something really disturbing, and that’s actually even a more compelling reason to release [them],” Tillis said.
A memo co-authored by the FBI and the Justice Department earlier this month alleging there was no evidence to suggest Epstein was killed or that he held a client list to blackmail people angered Trump’s base as it undercut claims made by members of his team, including Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi told Fox News in February Epstein’s client list was “sitting on [her] desk right now to review” under the direction of Trump.
The Republican senator warned his party’s leaders that trying to sweep the issue under the rug by resorting to tactics like House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (La.) call to adjourn the lower chamber earlier than planned to block a vote on a bipartisan effort forcing the release of the files will have the opposite effect.
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