GOP senator blasts 'grotesque' sex abuse from lawmakers — and hurls Trump under the bus

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) had a word of warning for any "older guy" who did not "leave young women alone."

After Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced he was resigning from Congress in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson asked the Wisconsin Republican to reflect on the Democrat's ouster.

"If you're, again, there's just lines you do not cross, particularly when you're an older guy," the senator advised. "I mean, you just, you leave young women alone, okay? And certainly young women that work for you. Again, it's just, it's grotesque, it's totally inappropriate. And people need to be held accountable."

The senator suggested that accountability should also extend to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein.

"Then on top of that, listen, I'm as curious as anybody about Epstein, okay?" he explained. "I'm all for accountability. I think the victims of Epstein and the other perpetrators of those potential crimes should be held accountable."

"But the whole Epstein investigation, the requirement of having to go through millions of documents, trying to redact," he added. "And again, we don't know, are those all the documents? Have they been doctored to some extent? I mean, they're in the hands of the radical left for years."

Johnson's comments come as President Donald Trump has faced scrutiny over his own ties to Epstein.

The two were photographed together at parties in the 1990s, and Trump once called Epstein a "terrific guy" who likes "beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." Trump is also set to present a journalism award this month to the Wall Street Journal reporters who broke the story of a "bawdy" letter Trump reportedly sent Epstein for his 50th birthday — a story Trump later sued the outlet over for $10 billion. A federal judge recently dismissed the case, giving Trump two weeks to refile.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.

Johnson also expressed skepticism that the full truth about Epstein would ever emerge.

"And I have no faith, just like JFK files. I don't think we're ever really gonna get the truth on the JFK assassination... My guess is the same thing's true with Epstein files as well," Ron Johnson said.