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Epstein Survivors Press Congress as Bipartisan Petition Seeks Vote to Publish DOJ Files

A high-profile survivors rally increases pressure on House Republicans to back a petition requiring a floor vote on releasing Justice Department records.

U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) departs from a meeting with members of Congress and survivors of abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center left, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., talk to reporters after a closed-door meeting with victims in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Overview

  • Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna launched a discharge petition to force a House vote directing the attorney general to release all unclassified Epstein-related records held by DOJ and the FBI.
  • Survivors spoke publicly on the Capitol steps, urging passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and saying broader disclosure is essential for accountability and healing.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson called the petition inartfully drafted and unnecessary, citing the Oversight Committee’s release of roughly 33,000 pages that lawmakers and advocates say revealed little new.
  • The White House warned Republicans that supporting the petition would be viewed as a hostile act, and President Trump labeled the push a “Democrat hoax.”
  • DOJ says it has already released what the law allows, denies the existence of a client list, and a federal judge rejected a request to unseal grand jury transcripts.