Dear Democrats,

Last night, House Republicans on the Rules Committee blocked an effort to force the release of the Epstein files. The Rules Committee GOP legislators voted down an amendment that would have allowed the full House to vote on releasing a trove of Epstein evidence to protect Trump.

Before yesterday’s Rules Committee vote, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) reminded fellow committee members that voting against the amendment would be voting against releasing the Epstein files: “Will you require the release? Is there anything that needs to be hidden? If there isn’t, then just release the files … So you with your vote will be preventing even the consideration of the release of the Epstein files… You have the power, let’s see how you vote.”

Unfortunately, only one of the committee’s nine Republicans was willing to cross party lines to join the four Democrats to support the release of the Epstein files.

However, in a House floor vote today, the GOP shamefully killed another Democratic effort to force the Justice Department to publish the Epstein files. This measure failed along party lines without drawing a single Republican vote. This House vote means that Republicans are on the record covering for Trump and keeping the Epstein files hidden.

Democrats can’t let the GOP go unchecked for not just failing to release the Epstein files, but being complicit in covering them up. Please chip in to support the Democratic Party of New Mexico so we can continue to hold the GOP accountable and reelect Democrats who support transparency and justice for Epstein’s victims.