evidence_text: Democratic Lawmaker Removed from all Committees in Retaliation for Publicly Requesting Investigation into Epstein: LANSING, Mich., May 20, 2026 — Today, state Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou (D-East Lansing) was removed from all of her committee appointments by Republican Speaker Matt Hall, one day after Tsernoglou hosted a press conference calling on House Republican leadership to hold a floor vote on her bipartisan resolution that would create a select committee to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s connections with the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Following her removal, Tsernoglou released the following statement: “Speaker Hall’s decision to remove me [...]