A petition in the House of Representatives t o force a vote to compel the Justice Department to release the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday secured the last signature required to trigger that action.

House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., within hours said that a full House vote on that effort will be held next week.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva , D-Ariz., provided the 218th signature needed to approve the so-called discharge petition shortly after she was sworn in as a House member, after a seven-week delay. Griljalva won a special election to fill the seat vacated due to the death of her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, in March.

The Trump administration has been under fire for months for reneging on promises to release investigative files related to Epstein, a convicted sex off

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