House Republicans are coming out in favor of voting for a bipartisan measure to release the Justice Department‘s files on Jeffrey Epstein.
The resolution has been gaining traction since its proposal by representatives Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., last summer. House Democrats’ release of Epstein emails earlier this week has forced some tough decisions for MAGA representatives.
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, told CNN‘s Manu Raju he plans to vote next week on the petition and called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to “do some explaining” to Congress. Davidson said the U.S. reaction to revelations from the Epstein files has paled in comparison to moves made in the United Kingdom, where the former Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal titles.
“The Oversight Committee has pushed out a lot of disclosures, the administration has done a lot, if you look at the U.K., they’ve tried to do some with Prince Andrew,” Davidson said.
Republicans Tim Burchett of Tennessee and Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania have also shared their intention to vote for the release of the files, per Politico. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said he would vote in favor of the disclosure bill, which he called “a false hope,” but expressed confidence in the House Oversight Committee’s work on releasing the files..
“It’s still got to work its way through the Senate and the president,” Bacon told MSNBC. “But we’re already getting a lot of results,” Bacon said. He called the Epstein scandal “a self-inflicted wound” for the Trump administration.
“I think they’ve dug themselves a hole,” he said. “But in the end, I’m for transparency.”
