Tillis' Wednesday comments come as the Epstein files saga continues to cause drama on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would end the legislative session early before Congress' August recess and postponed a committee vote on bipartisan legislation that would call for the release of the Epstein files.

That means more GOP lawmakers will stop acting like Trump’s little lapdogs, kept on a tight leash, following his every command.

After months of the base complaining Democratic leadership couldn’t land a blow on Donald Trump, House Democrats have seized on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Calls intensify for the release of Jeffrey Epstein's files. House members wrestles with the issue as they gear up for their final week before an August recess .

Newly uncovered photos and footage shed new light on Donald Trump’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein. At least two black-and-white photographs uncovered by CNN confirm, for the first time, that Epstein attended the president’s second wedding in December 1993 to Marla Maples at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

The president's latest Truth Social post suggests he's digging in and willing to alienate his MAGA supporters.

Thus, by affirming the notion that incriminating “Epstein Files” exist, Democrats risk perpetuating the idea that both parties are toxically corrupt — a form of cynicism that Trump has long exploited to excuse his shameless graft and malfeasance.