Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cosponsored a discharge petition with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to force a vote to release the complete Epstein files.
Massie announced the Epstein Files Transparency Act with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Tuesday to mandate the complete release of government files related to the convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
“I am proudly cosponsoring and will sign the discharge petition,” Greene wrote on X. “I will never protect pedophiles or the elites and their circles.”
I am proudly cosponsoring and will sign the discharge petition.
I will never protect pedophiles or the elites and their circles. https://t.co/bQmc6c7MMk
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) July 16, 2025
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) said he also signed the petition with “great reservation,” marking the third Republican to sign it.
“I’m not doing this because I’m trying to be difficult. I just morally cannot stand by and let this not be transparent,” Burlison told reporters Wednesday.
With 218 signatures, the discharge petition will force the House speaker to call a vote on the bill. After the petition reaches that threshold, the member can call a vote after seven legislative days.
Democrats and Republicans have begun pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the long-awaited Epstein files after the Justice Department and FBI released a two-page memo last week saying there is no evidence Epstein blackmailed people or kept a “client list.” The memo reiterated that he died by suicide, a conclusion that has resulted in mounting backlash from President Donald Trump’s MAGA base.
“Americans were promised justice and transparency,” Massie, who has a record of defying Trump, wrote on X. “We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files.”
Democrats have latched onto the matter as an opportunity to fracture the GOP over the Trump administration’s handling of the case. Many right-wing GOP influencers have also pushed for the release of the files.
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Trump clapped back Wednesday morning at the Democratic Party’s efforts on Truth Social, saying, “Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.”
House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joined the push to release the Epstein files by sending a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Tuesday, asking to hold a hearing on the Epstein files and possibly subpoena members of Trump’s Cabinet who are related to the matter.