Overview
- Reps. Thomas Massie, Ro Khanna and Marjorie Taylor Greene will host a press conference with victims outside the Capitol on Oct. 8 to press the Trump administration to release Epstein-related government files.
- The discharge petition driving the effort has 217 signatures, leaving it one shy of the 218 needed to force a House vote on requiring the Justice Department to post the records.
- Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, recently elected in Arizona, is expected to add the decisive signature once she is sworn in.
- Johnson has declined to conduct swearing-in ceremonies during pro forma sessions, drawing Democratic accusations that he is delaying the petition’s progress.
- The Hill reported speculation that GOP leaders could cancel next week’s planned House return, which could push the swearing-in and any petition action further back.