The Epstein files explosion on Capitol Hill last week — headlined by emotional accounts from Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers — fueled speculation that more information could soon be public, with a discharge petition poised to gain enough signatures to force a vote on the matter.

But opposition from the Trump administration and political realities in the Senate could thwart that effort, putting pressure on a GOP leadership-endorsed investigation into the convicted sex offender and Ghislaine Maxwell in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The dynamics have laid the groundwork for an explosive fall as the issue accelerates back up to full throttle even in the face of aggressive efforts by President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to put the scandal to bed — with Trump call

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