The bipartisan effort to compel the Justice Department to release all files related to its case against the late disgraced
The bipartisan effort to compel the Justice Department to release all files related to its case against the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will soon see momentum after a long delay.
Democratic Arizona congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva is set to be sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday afternoon after a 50-day wait. Grijalva, who won a special election in September to succeed her late father, has pledged to be the final signature on a discharge petition to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files.
The discharge petition — a legislative maneuver that allows members to circumvent leadership to force a vote if the petition receives a simple majority of signatures — is sponsored by Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna. The measure could come to the House floor as early as the first week of December.
Johnson repeatedly defended his decision to not seat Grijalva during the government shutdown, arguing his chamber’s extended recess while the Senate debated a House-passed spending bill had tied his hands.
