A bipartisan set of House lawmakers has appealed to their colleagues to support a discharge petition that could force a House vote requiring the Department of Justice to release its Epstein files.
Watch the news conference with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., in our video player above.
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California said Wednesday during a Washington news conference that four Republican representatives have joined the effort, and that just two more GOP signatures are needed to cross the threshold for likely passage.
"There is something that is rotten in Washington," Khanna said. "We've got to stop the partisanship on this issue."
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The lawmakers spoke a day after the House Oversight Committee publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The files mostly contained information that was already publicly known or available, but the release showed lawmakers' eagerness to act on the issue, quickly reviving a political clash that has flummoxed House Republican leadership and roiled the Trump administration.
Khanna was joined by Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, another proponent of the petition, along with Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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People identifying themselves as Epstein accusers are calling on President Trump for his help in making public remaining documents in the case.
Taking the microphone one by one following the lawmakers in Washington, several women referenced Trump's "power" and "influence," calling on him to "help us, and let our voices be heard."
The political clash over calls for releasing the files has flummoxed House Republican leadership and been a sticking point for the Trump administration.
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Tensions boiled over in July when the Justice Department and FBI issued a two-page statement saying that they had concluded that Epstein did not possess a "client list," even though Attorney General Pam Bondi had intimated in February that such a document was sitting on her desk, and had decided against releasing any additional records from the investigation.
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department, but they mostly contain information already publicly known.