Overview
- Top Trump administration officials were planning a meeting to discuss the House effort, with attendees named by sources as Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Rep. Lauren Boebert.
- Justice Department and White House officials did not comment on the reported meeting, and CNN had not confirmed whether it took place.
- The House Oversight Committee released additional documents obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate on Wednesday, renewing attention to materials not yet in the committee’s possession from DOJ files.
- Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna’s discharge petition was expected to secure the decisive 218th signature from Rep. Adelita Grijalva, a rarely successful move that would allow a floor vote even over leadership objections.
- The Justice Department case files span years of investigation and could include details the House has not obtained; several Republicans including Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace back the push, and Ghislaine Maxwell previously told Blanche she saw no wrongdoing by Donald Trump, who has not been accused of a crime.