Speaker Johnson rebuffed by Senate Majority Leader Thune -- 427 vote measure "adequately legal" says SENATOR

 House Speaker

MIKE JOHNSON

(Louisiana), himself a

lawyer,

asked the Senate to include

additional name protection

and whistleblower name

protections

but was rebuffed.

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Mike himself didn't dissent from the

427 - 1 vote of approval for the discharge

petition to force the Dept. of Justice

to release the "Epstein Files" but 

voice his intention to "demand changes."

NONE OF THAT MATERIALIZED.