Overview
- A bipartisan discharge petition reached 218 signatures after Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn in, triggering a House vote next week on releasing remaining Jeffrey Epstein files.
- White House officials told NOTUS that Nancy Mace's support for the petition is a poor strategy for winning President Trump's backing in the governor's race.
- NOTUS reported the White House is signaling potential involvement to oppose Mace in the South Carolina Republican primary.
- Mace said her decision was personal as a survivor of sexual assault and shared a statement on X that she also conveyed in a letter to the president.
- Trump and senior officials pressured Rep. Lauren Boebert to withdraw her name, including a Situation Room meeting, and the president attempted but failed to connect with Mace.