Overview

• The House Rules Committee voted 5–7 and the full House rejected Rep. Ro Khanna’s amendment by a 211–210 procedural vote to force public disclosure of the Epstein materials
• President Trump praised Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the case and said she should release only information she considers credible while claiming without evidence that predecessors fabricated the files
• Bondi has insisted that the DOJ–FBI memo finding no client list, no third-party blackmail evidence, and reaffirming Epstein’s 2019 suicide “speaks for itself” and ruled out further document releases
• Conservative influencers and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino have expressed frustration with Bondi’s limited disclosures and reportedly threatened to resign over unmet expectations for new revelations
• Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have formally called for a bipartisan hearing to summon Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino to testify on the review’s conduct and conclusions