Overview
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer filed an amendment and cloture motion to the defense policy bill that would require the Justice Department to publish all unclassified Jeffrey Epstein records within 30 days.
- The proposal mirrors the House measure by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna and could face a motion to table or a 60‑vote cloture hurdle before an up‑or‑down vote.
- House backers say their discharge petition stands at about 216 signatures, with nearly all Democrats and four Republicans on board, and two pending special elections are expected to provide the final signatures needed.
- The White House and House Speaker Mike Johnson oppose the effort and have discouraged GOP support, while Massie says current Republican signatories will not withdraw.
- The House Oversight Committee has posted tens of thousands of pages received from the DOJ and a new batch from Epstein’s estate, including a ‘birthday book’ entry the White House disputes as inauthentic, intensifying political scrutiny.