Overview
- Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn in after a weeks-long delay and immediately became the 218th signer, joining all Democrats and four Republicans: Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace.
- Johnson said he will bring the measure to the floor next week, accelerating the process instead of waiting the usual seven legislative days.
- President Trump and senior officials pressed Republicans to back off, including a reported Situation Room meeting with Rep. Boebert and officials Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, but the GOP signees said they would keep their names on the petition.
- House Oversight Democrats released new Epstein emails that reference Trump, prompting renewed scrutiny; Trump and the White House dismissed the messages as a hoax and said they prove nothing.
- Even if the House approves the measure, it faces steep odds in the Senate and is expected to draw a presidential veto, leaving the ultimate disclosure uncertain.