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House to vote next week on mandating release of Epstein files, Speaker Johnson says
- On Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson announced the House will vote next week to compel the Department of Justice to release all Jeffrey Epstein case files.
- The bipartisan discharge petition filed by Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna reached 218 signatures after Adelita Grijalva was sworn in, forcing the House floor vote soon.
- House Oversight Committee Democrats released some 20,000 pages and three emails on Wednesday, which they say reference President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's estate.
- The bill would require the Department of Justice to release Epstein files within 30 days, while Republicans brace for 100 or more defections threatening their 219-member House majority.
- Critics say Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, delayed Adelita Grijalva's swearing-in and kept the House recess since September 19 to block disclosures, a claim he denies while citing House Oversight Committee work.
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Rick Santorum to Newsmax: Democrats Using Epstein Vote to Distract
Former Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Rick Santorum told Newsmax on Sunday that he expects the House to move forward with a vote to release all documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case, arguing Democrats are using the issue to distract from their lack of policy proposals. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is planning a vote Tuesday on releasing the material, despite concerns that some documents remain sealed by federal judges, and Santorum, a senior p…
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Zinke, Downing: Release the Epstein files
Zinke and Downing must push to have the Epstein files released.
·Billings, United States
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