22 h. ago CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN: 'Trump running out of places to hide after Epstein Congress vote'

Congress voted 427-1 to pass a bill that would order the Justice Department to release all files relating to Jeffrey Epstein in 30 days, with it now set to move through the Senate

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24 h. ago Epstein files vote result: Congress votes to release files after Trump U

More files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein will be released, as Congress passed a bill forcing the Justice Department to publish all files within 30 days

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45 h. ago Five things to watch as the House of Representatives tees up a vote on the Epstein files

When Mike Johnson finally calls the vote, who votes on it and whether the Senate takes it up are all key questions, Eric Garcia writes

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48 h. ago Former prince Andrew accused of ‘hiding’ from US House’s Epstein inquiry

Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the oversight panel, had asked Mountbatten-Windsor to sit for depositionEpstein files latest – US politics liveA congressperson investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case accused the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, of “hiding” from his committee’s request to sit for a deposition, as Congress moves closer to a key vote on forcing release of US government files related to the alleged sex trafficker.Suhas Subramanyam is among the Democratic members of the oversight committee in the House of Representatives who earlier this month asked Mountbatten-Windsor to sit for a deposition as part of its investigation into how the government handled the case against Epstein, who died while awaiting trial in 2019. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago When will the Epstein files be released after Trump’s dramatic U

The president has insisted he has ‘nothing to hide’ amid growing scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein

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57 h. ago Trump urges Republicans to vote for release of Epstein files in surprise U

US president says he backs efforts to release documents related to late sex offender because ‘we have nothing to hide’US politics live – latest updatesHow the Epstein row plunged Maga world into turmoil – a timelineEpstein emails: key takeaways from 20,000 pages of newly released filesDonald Trump has told his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a sudden reversal of his earlier position.The US president’s post on his Truth Social website came after the House speaker, Mike Johnson, said previously that he believed a vote on releasing justice department documents in the Epstein case should help put to rest allegations “that he [Trump] has something to do with it”. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Trump tells Republicans to vote to release Epstein files, in a reversal of his previous stance

The US president has said he backs US lawmakers efforts to release the files, ahead of an expected House vote this weekUS president Donald Trump has urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move.Trump’s post on his Truth Social came after House speaker Mike Johnson said earlier that he believed a vote on releasing justice department documents in the Epstein case should help put to rest allegations “that he [Trump] has something to do with it”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump faces prospect of congressional vote on releasing Epstein files

President’s attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw backing for vote appear to have failedDonald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed.The reported refusal of Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative from Colorado, and Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, to remove their names from a discharge petition to force a vote leaves Trump exposed on an issue that carries the possibility of turning segments of his Maga base against him. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Congress set to force release of Epstein files after bitter seven

Grijalva is expected to be the final vote on a bipartisan discharge petition to release government files related to financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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6 d. ago Arizona Rep blasts Trump and Congress during her swearing in that will likely trigger vote on Epstein files release

Adelita Grijalva was sworn in seven weeks after winning a special election in Arizona

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