Cruella De Bondi grilled Durbin about that and it's a he said, she said - he says he asked Blackburn to put the request in writing and she didn't, she claims she did. Irrelevant at this point.

Durbin is one of the most vocal proponents of releasing the Epstein files so it makes no sense that he has anything to hide.

The bigger question is why is Mike Johnson refusing to swear in new Democratic Rep Elect Adelita Grijalva from Arizona. Why? Simple, because of her impending signature on a petition to force a House vote compelling release of files related to Epstein.