President Donald Trump wants his “‘boys,’ and in some cases, ‘gals’” to leave the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in the past and accept the muted findings released by his administration.
But U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, as you may have guessed, isn't on board.
Massie, a Republican who Trump wants out of office, has filed a discharge petition in the U.S. House of Representatives calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to publicly release "all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials" the federal government possesses relating to Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender whose death by suicide while in prison in 2019 has been at the center of a number of conspiracy theories.
A discharge petition allows House members to bypass leadership and bring legislation directly to the floor. Massie likely faces an uphill climb though — signatures from a majority of House members, 218 in total, are required for the resolution to be taken up in Congress.
He has some support in his party. Republican U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (of Georgia), Tim Burchett (Tennessee), Eric Burlison (Mississippi), Jeff Van Drew (New York) and Lauren Boebert (Colorado) have all asked to cosponsor the legislation. And while House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, has not publicly backed Massie's push, he told conservative media host Benny Johnson the government should "put everything out there and let the people decide it.
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