Overview
- Marjorie Taylor Greene says President Trump was furious that she signed a House discharge petition to compel release of the Epstein files and told her the disclosure would hurt people.
- The petition forced a vote that led to near-unanimous passage of a bipartisan bill requiring the DOJ to release the records, which Trump signed after earlier resistance.
- The new law sets a Dec. 19 deadline for the DOJ to make unclassified Epstein-related materials public subject to narrow redactions.
- Trump withdrew his endorsement of Greene after her push, and she has announced she will resign from Congress effective Jan. 5, 2026, saying his attacks fueled threats against her.
- Recent committee releases included thousands of Epstein emails with cryptic references to Trump, including one message in which Epstein wrote, “I know how dirty Donald is.”