GOP Lawmakers Left Washington to Escape the Epstein Issue. It Followed Them Home.

Constituents aren’t letting the topic go.

Markwayne Mullin
Sen. Markwayne Mullin speaks to reporters at the Russell Senate Building. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO via AP

If Republican lawmakers were trying to run away from the Jeffrey Epstein saga by leaving Washington, they may be disappointed. By returning to their districts, they very well may have run toward it.

At town halls around the country, Republicans are facing an onslaught of questions from constituents seeking details about Epstein-related documents. The drama has transfixed people across the political spectrum, with Republicans and Democrats seemingly disturbed by President Donald Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy and concerned that the administration is obfuscating the truth.

Republican lawmakers are, by their own admission, uncomfortable.