The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to force the Justice Department to release all unclassified files related to Jeffrey Epstein, approving the Epstein Files Transparency Act by a margin of 427–1.
The bill mandates that agencies turn over records, communications, and investigative materials about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days. Only Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) opposed the measure, citing concerns about privacy for innocent individuals mentioned in the documents.
Epstein survivors were present in the gallery during the vote, calling the overwhelming bipartisan approval a landmark moment. The legislation now heads to the Senate, where leaders on both sides have signaled they may take it up quickly.
However, Mark Epstein, the brother of the late pedophile, claims that Republicans’ names are getting scrubbed from the government’s files.
‘I’ve been recently told the reason they’re going to be releasing these things, and the reason for the flip is that they’re sanitizing these files,’ Mark Epstein told NewsNation on Monday.