Donald Trump’s loudest Republican critic in Congress filed a discharge petition on Tuesday in a fresh bid to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The president has been haunted by questions about his relationship with the convicted sex The president has been haunted by questions about his relationship with the convicted sex offender, and the pressure was long expected to intensify with Congress’s return this week from August recess.

Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed the petition Tuesday afternoon as lawmakers were heading back to Washington, D.C. for a jam-packed fall session.

It starts the process of lawmakers collecting the 218 signatures necessary to force a vote on the legislation requiring the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.

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