Overview

• Rep. Thomas Massie reported 217 signatures after newly sworn-in Rep. James Walkinshaw signed the petition.
• The petition, co-led by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, would require the Justice Department to publish unclassified Epstein- and Maxwell-related records with privacy protections.
• All 213 Democrats have signed, while only three Republicans—Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace—have added their names.
• Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump have pressed Republicans not to sign as Epstein survivors publicly urged a vote at the Capitol.
• A related Senate bid was blocked 51–49 with only Sens. Josh Hawley and Rand Paul joining Democrats, and the final House signatures could come from upcoming special elections in Arizona’s 7th District on September 23 and Texas’s 18th on November 4.