TELL THE U.S. HOUSE: Why don't Republicans want to release the Epstein Files? Trump campaigned on providing more information about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, but now he's telling the country that the whole thing is a "hoax." There's an effort in the House to force a vote on releasing the files. Sign the petition: Force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files!

Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi are stonewalling the public on the Epstein Files.

Trump campaigned on releasing more information about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, but now he's calling the whole thing a "scam" and a "hoax."1 And Republicans voted to block a House committee effort to force the White House to release this information. Why don't Trump and the GOP want to show the public what law enforcement knows about Epstein's crimes?

Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are leading an effort to force a vote in the House of Representatives to release the Epstein Files and provide public transparency.2 We need as many Democrats and Republicans as possible to support this vote right now.

Sign the petition: Force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files!

The DOJ recently announced that they have no further information of interest to release relating to Epstein's crimes.3 The administration also shared a doctored video from the night of Epstein's death in prison while claiming it was raw, unedited footage.4

Trump was friends with Epstein, which has always been a peculiar part of this issue — even as the right-wing media eco-system spent years demanding the release of more information and saying Trump would get it done.

Just one Republican voted in the Rules Committee on Rep. Khanna's first effort to get a full House vote on the Epstein Files. The renewed bipartisan push to force a vote on government transparency can only succeed if we get more Democratic and Republican lawmakers to support it. Our elected officials should go on the record!

Sign the petition: Force lawmakers to go on the record and vote on releasing the Epstein Files!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. CBS News, “Trump calls Epstein controversy a "Hoax" and "bulls***," denouncing "weaklings" in GOP,” July 16, 2025.
  2. Thomas Massie on X, “We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and...” July 15, 2025.
  3. The Guardian, “How the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files became a vehicle for QAnon,” July 15, 2025.
  4. Wired, “The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out,” July 15, 2025.

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