Speaker Johnson refused to see Congresswoman-elect Krahulba for weeks to delay the implementation of the Epstein Transparency Act.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 22, 2026
None of the sources mention Congresswoman-elect Krahulba. The closest match is Adelita Grijalva, whose swearing-in Johnson delayed until the House reconvened, and Grijalva's belief that he was trying to delay the Epstein vote, but that is a different referent and a claimant's belief, so the claim cannot be graded against these sources.
What was said
… Bush called the midterm election in his first term a shellacking. I think that's what's coming to the president, and he's not gonna accept that. That was the term. I want to ask you about Speaker Johnson. I think to delay the implementation of the Epstein Transparency Act, he refused to see Congresswoman elect Krahulba for weeks. What are you worried about, or what would you warn him against? So, in the moment that matters, he's actually not the speaker, right? …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Sources describe Speaker Johnson delaying the swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva until the House reconvened after the government reopened, not a Congresswoman-elect named Krahulba.[2][4]
Context. Grijalva told the Guardian she believed Johnson was trying to delay the Epstein vote, which is an allegation by the affected member rather than an established finding of motive.[2]
Context. The Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed and took effect November 19, 2025, so the claim's framing of delaying implementation does not match the sources' chronology of the delay, which concerned the discharge petition and the vote.[1][3][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its ownapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't block House vote to release ...khanna.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Office of the Vermont Attorney Generalago.vermont.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Bipartisan duo secures signatures to force a House vote to release ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 5Mike Johnson Plots Major Rule Change After His Epstein ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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