MICHIGAN, USA — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation to force the Justice Department to release its files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein publicly.

The vote— which was 472-1 —happened after months of lawmaker pressure, though President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson both initially opposed it.

A bipartisan group in the House introduced a petition in July to bypass Johnson's control over which bills reach the House floor. Trump first called the whole thing a "hoax," but later changed his mind and said he'd sign the bill if the Senate passes it, the AP reported.

Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while he was waiting to go on trial for sexually abusing and trafficking underage girls. AP reports survivors of his abuse

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