Overview
- Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump was extremely angry she signed a petition to force release of Jeffrey Epstein files and told her the disclosure would “hurt people.”
- Greene was one of four House Republicans to sign the discharge petition that triggered a vote, and Congress passed the measure with Trump indicating he would sign it while declining to release the records himself.
- The law gives the Justice Department until December 19 to publish the Epstein-related files, which DOJ will handle rather than the White House.
- After Greene backed the petition, Trump withdrew his endorsement and later attacked her on Truth Social, and she has announced she will resign from Congress in January and will not seek another term.
- Background reporting notes former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi once claimed an Epstein client list was “on my desk,” a statement DOJ later disputed, and it was reported she told Trump his name appeared in the files.