Lawmakers to vote on bill forcing release of Epstein files

(The Center Square) – As soon as late October, the U.S. Department of Justice may be compelled to release all its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein if legislation set to pass the House makes it through the Senate.

The House returns from recess next week, where lawmakers face not only a possible government shutdown but also a vote on Reps. Thomas Massie’s, R-Ky., bill that would force the DOJ to “publicly disclose all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in its possession that relate to Epstein or [his associate Ghislaine] Maxwell.”

Massie will be able to bring the controversial bill to the floor without sending it through committee due to receiving enough signatures on a discharge petition. He currently has 217 lawmakers on board and will gain the last necessary signature as soon as newly elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., is sworn in.

Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.; Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; are the only Republicans besides Massie to have signed the petition. Assuming they maintain their support for the bill, it will pass the House and move on to the Senate, where its future is uncertain.

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