'Why drag this out?' MAGA Republican delivers harsh reality check for party leaders

President Donald Trump continues to resist efforts to make the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Jeffrey Epstein files public, claiming that Democrats who are calling for the release of files are merely waging a partisan attack against him. But the controversy isn't going away.

During a Thursday, October 9 appearance on CNN's "The Situation Room," MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) — a major Trump ally who disagrees with his handling of the case — stressed that the files should have long since been released, and that the public has a right to know what's in them.

"I'm talking about the Epstein list," Greene told hosts Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown. "This has been the most, I don't understand why, I genuinely do not understand why, there's been any effort to hide this and prevent it from coming out. But because of the efforts for years now to hide it and prevent it from coming out, it certainly makes you feel afraid when you're one of the ones truly on the front lines pushing it to come out."

The MAGA congresswoman continued, "I also serve on the (House) Oversight Committee, and we're leading that investigation there. So I'm involved on both fronts: the Oversight Committee investigation, as well as my signatures on the discharge petition."

When asked if the House Oversight Committee is "doing enough," she responded, "Actually, to tell you the truth, the Oversight investigation has the power to go much further than (Rep.) Thomas Massie and (Rep.) Ro Khanna's resolution."

Greene continued, "The Oversight Committee has subpoenaed a lot more information than Thomas Massie's resolution specifically calls for. But here's my stance: I'll work on any — this involves women who were raped, women at 14 years old, 14 years old who were raped. And they say there's more people involved. I don't know how anyone in their good conscience can be against letting that information come out. So I want to help on any front that I can."