Overview
- The House approved the measure 427-1, with only Rep. Clay Higgins opposing, as survivors in the gallery applauded.
- The bill would require the Justice Department to publish all non-classified Epstein records, but it still must pass the Senate and then be signed by President Trump.
- Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna used a discharge petition to bypass House leadership and secure the floor vote.
- After months of resistance, President Trump urged Republicans to back disclosure and said he would sign the bill if it reaches his desk, while calling for probes into Democrats including Bill Clinton, Larry Summers and Reid Hoffman.
- Recent releases from the House Oversight Committee of roughly 20,000–23,000 pages included emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump "knew about the girls" and spent hours with a victim, intensifying pressure for full transparency as Senate Republicans weigh victim-protection amendments.