Some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress aren’t satisfied by his decision to not release additional files from the Jeffrey Epstein case, and it’s threatening to deepen the MAGA divide he now faces from his base.

Privately, Trump’s White House team has been trying to shift public attention away from the administration’s position on the files, but House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday became the highest-ranking Republican to say he, too, wants to see more details from the investigation, as the speaker faces pressure from some in his own ranks to take the unusual step of using Congress’ power to investigate the matter itself.

“I’m for transparency,” Johnson said in a podcast interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, when asked about calls from his own members, including GOP Reps. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, to take more actions like subpoena the Justice Department for the documents or appoint a special counsel.

“It’s a very delicate subject. We should put everything out there and let the people decide it,” the Louisiana Republican said.

Johnson made clear that he trusts Trump and backs Attorney General Pam Bondi. Still, the speaker’s decision to pressure the president publicly to release more details on Epstein’s case is a rare – and surprising – instance of friction between Trump and his loyal acolytes in Congress. The speaker was among multiple Hill Republicans who said Tuesday they were not content with the information released so far surrounding the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.