One Republican member of Congress, Clay Higgins of Louisiana, voted against Representative Thomas Massie’s bill to release the Epstein files on Tuesday.

Why It Matters

Epstein died by suicide in a New York federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking . There have long been rumors of an Epstein "client list," though it has never been made public. Trump indicated on the campaign trail that he would support the release of documents related to Epstein, but his administration has faced bipartisan criticism for not following through.

Massie introduced a petition to compel the House to vote on their release earlier this year, but it has stalled for months. Last week, however, Representative Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, joined the petition, bringin

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