A Republican congressman who was the last holdout against releasing the Epstein files is now defending a colleague facing calls to resign over allegations he pressured a staffer—who later died by suicide—into an extramarital affair.
Rep. Troy Nehls, 57, of Texas—who had publicly vowed to kill the Epstein files release before flipping only after President Donald Trump reversed course—said on Wednesday that Rep. Tony Gonzales, 45, should not step down because doing so would hand Democrats the House.
While accepting Gonzales has “got a problem” and “the optics are horrible,” when a reporter asked whether some things are bigger than politics, his answer was unambiguous.
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