Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) formally filed a long-promised discharge petition Tuesday to force action on his bill with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to require the Trump administration to publicly disclose files and information related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The petition, if it reaches 218 signatures, would circumvent House GOP leadership to force action on the resolution.

It would take a handful of Republicans signing on to the petition to reach that threshold — and Massie told reporters he is confident it will get there, despite what he said is a pressure campaign from GOP leadership and the White House telling Republicans to not sign on.

The underlying resolution, introduced in July following furor over the Justice Department memo asserting there would be no further di

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