WASHINGTON -- The national political furor around the Jeffrey Epstein case files has escalated in recent days, even as President Donald Trump has sought to dismiss the calls for more transparency as a "Democrat hoax."

On Capitol Hill, the effort to pry loose more records from the Justice Department's Epstein case files is proceeding on two tracks.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has vowed a probe underway by the House Oversight Committee will "uncover things that have never been uncovered before," but critics say it will yield little information that isn't already known to the public.

The other, more attention-grabbing effort is being led by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who is seeking to bypass leadership and force a floor vote on his bill - with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of C

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