Overview
- White House officials privately briefed Rep. Lauren Boebert about the bipartisan push to force disclosure of the Justice Department’s Epstein files.
- Multiple sources told ABC News the meeting sought to persuade Boebert to remove her signature, a claim Boebert rejected in a CNN interview.
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the meeting and framed it as transparency while declining to detail what was discussed.
- The petition reached the 218-signature threshold after newly sworn Rep. Adelita Grijalva signed, triggering a House vote.
- Boebert kept her name on the petition and is one of four Republicans backing it alongside Reps. Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.