Overview
- After a 20,000‑page dump from Epstein’s estate fueled pressure, a discharge petition led by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna hit 218 signatures with Rep. Adelita Grijalva’s addition, triggering today’s floor vote.
- President Trump, who had opposed the effort, now urges Republicans to support it and says he will sign it if it reaches his desk.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed a new DOJ probe ordered by Trump into Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats, a development legal experts say could be used to withhold records under the bill’s ongoing‑investigation exemption.
- The legislation compels DOJ to release its full files with survivor protections and forbids withholding for embarrassment or political sensitivity, while Speaker Mike Johnson seeks greater redaction discretion.
- Epstein survivors rallied at the Capitol to demand transparency and decry politicization, as attention turns to whether the Senate will take up the bill and how much the DOJ ultimately discloses.