Overview
- The House approved the measure 427–1, with Republican Clay Higgins casting the lone no vote.
- The bill would require the Justice Department to publish non-classified Epstein records and now goes to the Senate, as Trump says he will sign a final bill.
- Momentum surged after the Oversight Committee released roughly 20,000–23,000 pages, including emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump “passed hours” with a victim and “knew about the girls.”
- Survivors urged full transparency in a letter to Congress, and a discharge petition gathered enough support to bypass House leadership and force the floor vote.
- DOJ and FBI officials have warned that broad disclosure could endanger witnesses and complicate ongoing work, while Republican infighting and public clashes underscored the political stakes.