Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly advanced a floor vote for next week on the bipartisan Massie–Khanna bill to compel broader public release of Jeffrey Epstein records.
- House Republicans and the Oversight Committee published tens of thousands of additional pages, including emails where Epstein claimed Donald Trump “passed hours” with a victim and portrayed him as dangerous.
- GOP leaders anticipate notable Republican defections, and Rep. Thomas Massie says a two‑thirds House majority would intensify pressure on the Senate and the White House.
- President Donald Trump publicly urged the Justice Department and FBI to investigate Epstein’s ties to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and others, and DOJ official Pam Bondi directed SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to examine those links.
- A July FBI memo said it found no evidence to justify investigations of uncharged third parties, and DOJ has cited legal and witness‑protection limits on broader disclosure.