Overview

• Only four Republicans have signed the discharge petition so far — Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace — as several prior GOP backers declined to join.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson urges members to rely on the Oversight Committee’s probe, while White House officials lobby Republicans not to sign, with one official calling support a hostile act toward the administration.
• The Oversight Committee released more than 30,000 pages this week and is receiving additional DOJ materials on a rolling basis after August subpoenas.
• Oversight also subpoenaed Epstein’s estate for the so-called birthday book, with the estate expected to begin producing redacted materials on September 8, and a transcribed interview with Alexander Acosta is set for September 19.
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled no plans for a vote, and even a House-passed bill is widely expected to face a presidential veto.