Overview
- House leaders are expected to hold a vote as early as Tuesday on the Epstein Files Transparency Act directing the Justice Department to release additional records.
- Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna forced the vote with a discharge petition after earlier DOJ document dumps were criticized as incomplete.
- Trump reversed days of criticism to endorse passage, even as he continued to label the broader focus on Epstein a “hoax.”
- Republican infighting intensified, with a top Trump adviser attacking Massie and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reporting threats after backing the release.
- Senate action remains uncertain, with GOP whip John Barrasso casting the House measure as a Democratic political gambit.