Benjamin Weiss

WASHINGTON (CN) — The House on Tuesday afternoon nearly unanimously passed legislation aimed at shining a spotlight on the federal government’s investigation into the late financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

But the push to publish the so-called Epstein files must now face another hurdle in the closely divided Senate, where skeptical Republican leaders hope the measure will be amended.

Both Democrats and Republicans have long urged Congress to pass legislation directing the Trump administration to publish a trove of documents on Epstein, the New York financier who died by suicide in 2019 while facing federal charges for sex trafficking minors. Lawmakers have said the government should provide transparency about Epstein’s connections to powerful figures

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