“DO IT NOW, JOHNSON!” — Gavin Newsom DEMANDS Speaker Mike Johnson RELEASE the Epstein Files… and ISSUES A CHILLING WARNING: “If you bury this, I’ll expose everything you’re afraid of.” Gavin Newsom just detonated Washington with a blistering ultimatum after accusing Speaker Mike Johnson of stalling the long-promised vote to release the Epstein documents. Newsom says the delays are “no accident” — and he’s done being patient. “America deserves the truth. If Johnson keeps hiding it, I’ll make sure the cover-up becomes the bigger scandal,” Newsom warned, sending shockwaves through Capitol Hill. Insiders say Johnson is rattled — because this time, Newsom isn’t bluffing.

Gavin Newsom’s voice has become the spark setting off one of the most explosive political confrontations Washington has seen in years. His thunderous demand—“Do it now, Johnson!”—was not just a challenge, but a warning wrapped in fire, aimed directly at Speaker Mike Johnson after what Newsom calls “intentional foot-dragging” over the long-awaited release of the Epstein files. In a city already simmering with tension, this was the moment that sent everything boiling over.

For months, lawmakers, journalists, and the public have been waiting for Congress to make good on its promise to unveil the documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s network. Promises were made. Deadlines were teased. Transparency was advertised. But in Newsom’s view, those promises have gradually dissolved into excuses, closed-door delays, and procedural smoke screens. He says none of it is accidental. He says every pause is calculated. And now, he says he’s done watching in silence.

According to those close to him, Newsom’s frustration has been building for weeks as committees bounced responsibility back and forth and leadership continued assuring the public that everything was “on schedule.” Behind the scenes, however, Newsom reportedly believes the opposite—that someone, somewhere, is trying to buy time, not truth. His patience finally snapped when whispers emerged that Johnson was planning yet another postponement on the floor vote that would force the files into the light. That’s when Newsom unloaded, in a tone far different from the polished calm he typically projects. “America deserves the truth,” he said, his words cooling into something more volatile. “If Johnson keeps hiding it, I’ll make sure the cover-up becomes the bigger scandal.”

Capitol Hill insiders said the warning hit Johnson’s office like a lightning strike. Not because of the content—politicians threaten each other all the time—but because Newsom rarely speaks in threats at all, and when he does, he lands them with surgical precision. According to one congressional aide, Johnson’s team wasn’t expecting Newsom to escalate so publicly, and certainly not with language hinting that he has leverage. That possibility alone has lawmakers buzzing. If Newsom truly knows something, or has access to something, then this fight takes on an entirely different scale.

Within hours of his statement, staffers from multiple committees were seen scrambling in and out of late-night offices, phones pressed to their ears, voices tight. Nobody could confirm what Newsom meant by “everything you’re afraid of,” but the speculation spread faster than the statement itself. Some believe he was referring to political donors. Others think he meant private communications connected to previous congressional leadership. A few are convinced he was hinting at names that have never appeared publicly in connection with Epstein but have long been rumored behind closed doors. The real weight of his warning is not in what he said, but in what he implied—that he is prepared to go nuclear if the stonewalling continues.

Meanwhile, pressure from the public continues to climb as social platforms erupt with demands for transparency, accountability, and consequences. For many Americans, the Epstein scandal represents more than just a case. It represents a symbol—of corruption, of elite protection, of unanswered questions that have hovered for years. Every delay only deepens suspicion. Every excuse fuels anger. And Newsom’s blast poured gasoline on that national impatience. He told the country outright what millions have suspected: someone is trying to keep the full truth from seeing daylight.

Johnson, however, now finds himself cornered in a way that no procedural tactic can fix. If he releases the files immediately, he appears rattled. If he delays further, he risks proving Newsom’s accusations. And if he tries to call Newsom’s bluff, he would be gambling that Newsom doesn’t have the ammunition he claims to have. But insiders close to the drama say Johnson understands the stakes. “He knows this isn’t politics as usual,” one congressional source said. “He knows Newsom didn’t say that casually. This shook him.”

As the reporting swirl intensifies, the question looming over Washington is no longer whether the files will be released, but who will take the fall if it turns out they were being protected. Newsom has placed himself at the center of the battlefield with a clarity few politicians dare to use. By framing this as a moral line, he has made himself impossible to ignore, and by promising to expose “everything,” he has put enormous pressure not only on Johnson but on anyone who may have hoped this chapter would fade quietly into obscurity.

Tonight, Washington feels like a kettle on the edge of bursting. Johnson’s next move could ignite the largest transparency fight Congress has faced in decades, and Newsom has made it clear he will strike again if provoked. As for the American public, they are watching with a sharpened awareness that this moment may determine whether the truth is finally revealed—or buried under another generation of political fear.

And if Newsom’s warning is as serious as it sounded, burying it may no longer be an option for anyone.