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House Sets Vote on Epstein Files Release After Discharge Petition

A rare petition forced Speaker Mike Johnson to act following Republican infighting, with the White House resisting.

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to members of the media following the passage of a funding bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, which now requires U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
JD Vance's 2021 post asking why govt. would keep ‘Epstein’s clients secret’ resurfaces (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, from left, Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, D-California, before a Sept. 3 news conference calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

Overview

  • The House will vote this week on the Epstein Files Transparency Act requiring the Justice Department to release records on the sex‑trafficking investigation and Epstein’s 2019 death.
  • A discharge petition led by Rep. Thomas Massie gained the required signatures, compelling a floor vote after earlier reluctance from House leadership.
  • The proposal allows redaction of victims’ identities but bars withholding facts for embarrassment, reputational harm or political sensitivity.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson says the vote should put allegations about President Trump to rest and asserts there is nothing to hide.
  • The White House and President Trump oppose the effort, Trump publicly broke with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over her support, Trump directed DOJ to examine Democrats’ ties to Epstein, recent emails resurfaced a 2019 line that Trump “knew about the girls,” and the Senate outlook remains uncertain.