Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson said he will schedule a floor vote next week after the discharge petition reached the signature threshold to force consideration.
- Rep. Adelita Grijalva supplied the decisive 218th signature immediately after being sworn in, joining Democrats and four Republicans including Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace.
- The White House confirmed officials met with Rep. Boebert as part of a pressure campaign to get Republicans to withdraw support, but she said she will keep her name on the petition.
- House Oversight Democrats released Epstein emails that reference President Trump, and Oversight Republicans responded by publishing roughly 20,000 pages from Epstein’s estate as they argue committee work makes the petition unnecessary.
- The petition triggers a vote but does not itself release documents, and even if the House approves the resolution it is expected to stall in the Senate and could face a presidential veto.