Bill Signed to Release Epstein Files After Near-Unanimous Votes in House and Senate
President Donald Trump signed the bill to release more than 100,000 pages on the billionaire pedophile after the House voted overwhelmingly to pass the measure and the Senate followed suit in a sweeping sign of bipartisan unity. 'As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill in the House and Senate, respectively,' Trump said on Truth Social. Trump's decision comes after a bill to release the highly sought after files was passed in both the House and the Senate this week.
In This Article:
- Democrats Question DOJ Transparency and Promise Oversight
- Trump Hints at Exposing Democrats With Epstein Files
- House Passes Epstein Files Bill with Near-Unanimous Support
- Survivor Voices and Epstein's Own Revelations Surface
- Leaked Emails and Epstein's Claims About Trump
- Epstein's History and Maxwell's Sentence
Democrats Question DOJ Transparency and Promise Oversight
But despite Trump signing the bill, significant questions remained for Democrats hoping associates of Epstein and his nefarious activities would finally face justice. 'I have no trust, no confidence whatsoever that this Justice Department will be even-handed or fair in the disclosure of these files,' Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said on CNN. 'We have other tools and techniques… We’ve already begun the effort to scrutinize and oversee the Department of Justice.' Trump even hinted in his statement Wednesday night that he hoped to expose Democrats with the release of the files. 'Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed,' he said.
Trump Hints at Exposing Democrats With Epstein Files
Sign up to our Editor's Picks newsletter By signing up, you will receive our newsletter as well as marketing emails with news, offers and updates from the Daily Mail. You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release every single Jeffrey Epstein while delivering a scathing warning that the 'hoax' will backfire on Democrats. Pictured: Donald Trump with Melania, Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago Club, February 12, 2000 Trump's decision comes after a bill to release the highly sought after files was passed in both the House and the Senate this week.
House Passes Epstein Files Bill with Near-Unanimous Support
Trump's decision comes after a group of rogue Republicans sparked a furious political battle that fractured his own party. The House ultimately approved the measure by a staggering vote of 427-1 on Tuesday. Trump said he personally asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to ensure the bill would pass through the chambers. 'Because of this request, the votes were almost unanimous in favor of passage,' Trump said. Just one Republican - Rep. Clay Higgins (La.) - voted against the bill in the House, and it passed unanimously in the Senate. 'At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress,' he said. 'Do not forget — The Biden Administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him.' Epstein died by suicide in jail awaiting trial while his associate Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20 year prison sentence. 'This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have.' Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said top Democrats were already planning to make sure Trump followed through with the legal requirement. 'There must be no funny business from Donald Trump,’ Schumer said. 'This bill is a command for the president to be fully transparent, to come fully clean, and to provide full honesty to the American people, even if he doesn’t want to.’
Survivor Voices and Epstein's Own Revelations Surface
Survivors of the abuse were seeking a full disclosure in order to put an end to a saga that has plagued them for years. 'I'm hoping that they’re going to do the right thing and release everything,' Sharlene Rochard, a victim of Epstein’s abuse, told CNN. 'We just want proof that this happened to us. … And we want to help other girls (so) that — that this doesn’t happen again.' 'These quotes: Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES,' he wrote in an epic 390-word rant on Truth Social on Wednesday night. Trump signed the bill after a group of rogue Republicans sparked a furious political battle that fractured his own party.
Leaked Emails and Epstein's Claims About Trump
Leaked emails Epstein sent to himself in February 2019 revealed the disgraced pedophile billionaire claimed that Trump had often visited his home in Palm Beach. '[REDACTED] worked at Mar-a-Lago. Trump knew of it, and came to my house many times during that period,' Epstein wrote, six months before he was found hanged at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. He also boasted 'I am the one able to take him down', as he branded Trump the 'dog who hasn’t barked' while claiming he spent 'hours' with a sex abuse victim. Epstein appeared to be spiraling as he was facing new charges of abusing dozens of girls following a bombshell investigation by the Miami Herald in 2019. It came more than a decade after he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008.
Epstein's History and Maxwell's Sentence
The pedophile appears to downplay the significance of his abuse to victims, writing: 'the girls returned the house multiple times. For 200 dollars for a rub and tug. No sex. Some worked in the local massage parlors. Most in their twenties.' Trump famously expelled the financier around October 2007, according to the Mar-a-Lago's Club registry. The president has since revealed Epstein was 'stealing' young women who worked at his estate.
