Who was the lone House member to vote against a bill to require the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files — and why did he vote this way?

U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of making the Jeffrey Epstein files public, supporting a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release the files on the convicted billionaire sex offender following months of opposition from President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

The bill passed 427-1 and Rep. Clay Higgins represented the lone “no” vote. The Louisiana Republican is a steadfast supporter of Trump who also chairs a subcommittee that initiated a subpoena on the Justice Department for the Epstein files.

The 64-year-old explained himself following the vote.

“It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in A

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