The lawmakers behind the trouble to power the Justice Department to launch the entire Jeffrey Epstein case files appeared optimistic over the weekend about their invoice’s possibilities of passing, insisting there’s rising help among the many GOP within the US House.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky mentioned yesterday that he thinks 100 or more Republicans within the House may be part of the trouble to power a vote.
As we’ve been reporting, President Donald Trump final evening inspired House Republicans to vote to launch extra Jeffrey Epstein case files — a stark reversal in position.
For context: A discharge petition forces a ground vote even when it’s not launched by management. House Speaker Mike Johnson has beforehand called the trouble a “moot point” given an ongoing House Oversight Committee investigation, which has launched 1000’s of paperwork, together with from Epstein’s property.
The determination to maneuver rapidly with a ground vote, which is anticipated tomorrow, got here after 1000’s of new Epstein emails had been launched by the panel on Wednesday, together with some mentioning the president.