President Donald Trump’s allies have launched a last-minute bid to stop a group of bipartisan lawmakers from forcing a House vote on the release of the government’s files in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
As soon as Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva—who prevailed in a special election in Arizona—is sworn in, a House resolution brought by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna will have the 218 signatures needed to compel a vote on the issue.
With Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to call a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act—which the president opposes—Republican Massie and Democrat Khanna introduced a discharge petition earlier this month that would bypass party leadership and bring the bill to the floor.
Now that they’re just days away from collecting the decisive signature, Re