House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday highlighted Congress’s recent legislative successes, stating it is returning to regular order. He also dismissed accusations that President Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.

“We are returning to regular order—the way this [Congress] is supposed to work,” said Johnson, R-La., on “Fox New Sunday” today. “I’m very proud of this achievement, having three bills signed into law Wednesday night.”

Johnson acknowledged that might “seem like a low bar,” but he said Congress is returning “to the way it’s supposed to work” so that it can better “steward” taxpayers’ dollars.

He added that some House Republicans did “some of the best work of their careers” during the shutdown because they were home with their constituents.

“Remember, the Democrats in Congress voted 16 times to keep the government closed—to bring on the longest shutdown in government history—and to exact all this pain on the people,” Johnson stated. “And it was all for naught. They got nothing out of it.”

Democrats immediately returned their attention to Trump’s alleged connections to the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called out Trump Friday, saying Trump “and his minions made a big deal about it [the Epstein files] for years” but now that he’s in office his administration is “trying to bury this information.”

Johnson said Jeffries’ comments are “comical,” asserting that “the Biden DOJ had every one of these files in their possession for four years” and none of the Democrats “ever said a word about it.”

“They’re doing this to go after President Trump on this theory that he has something to do with it. He does not,” Johnson declared.

Trump isn’t worried about accusations of his name being in the Epstein files, Johnson continued.

“I talk with him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. He’s frustrated that they [Democrats] are turning it into a political issue, and it’s not surprising because the Democrats have nothing else to talk about,” Johnson said. 

The Epstein files are Democrats’ “entire game plan,” and that’s why Johnson said he “offered them on the floor to pass by unanimous consent the discharge petition.” 

“Guess who objected? The Democrats. If they were really for transparency, if this is really about helping victims and all that, they would not have stopped the passage of the discharge petition,” Johnson said. 

So the discharge petition will be on the floor again next week, Johnson explained, adding that he suspects “there will be lots of votes that will just get this done and move it on.” 

“There’s nothing to hide, and the Oversight Committee is releasing far more information than the discharge petition little gambit ever even anticipated,” Johnson said. “The discharge is totally moot. It is a political exercise, and we’re going to dispense with that this week.”

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