The House voted on Tuesday to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files after months of delays and pushback from Republican leaders.

Just one lawmaker voted to keep the files secret—Republican Rep. Clay Higgins.

The final vote was 427—1.

Despite the long drawn out saga, the effort to release the files is far from over.

In the end, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers had to use a discharge petition to force the vote after House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to bring the bipartisan bill to the floor.

The vote happened on Tuesday after a dramatic reversal from President Donald Trump.

The president had been frantically trying to prevent it and attacking the effort for months only to cave and suddenly say he supported Republicans voting for the bill once it appeared to be inevitable.

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