House Republicans have spent a considerable amount of time this year fighting with each other over leadership, government spending and reconciliation. But just a few days before August recess, they’re warring over Jeffery Epstein.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie is leading a bipartisan discharge petition with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna that would effectively force a vote on getting the Trump administration to release Epstein-related documents. Procedurally, however, the petition would not take effect until Thursday — when leadership is hoping the House is gone until September.
“This transcends all other issues,” Massie told reporters Monday night. “This is about whether there’s an elite and powerful group of people who are above the law or whether they answer to the law. And that’s what this is about.”