Democrats will force another vote on releasing Jeffrey Epstein-related documents during a Rules Committee meeting Monday afternoon, pressing Republicans yet again on the matter before lawmakers leave this week for August recess.
Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said in a brief interview Monday that “we’re going to give them one last chance to do the right thing before their August recess break.”
The committee is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m.
“There will be a vote,” McGovern said. He added that said Republicans are “afraid” of Trump and the possibility he’s implicated in documents.
Democrats are planning to offer GOP Rep. Thomas Massie’s bipartisan Epstein bill as an amendment during a panel meeting this afternoon, McGovern said — after the same move fueled a GOP crisis last week. They’ve also been discussing additional steps.
Republicans on the Rules Committee voted down the Democratic amendment to advance Massie’s Epstein bill. McGovern called that GOP effort “a glorified press release.” Instead, Rules Committee GOP members backed their own non-binding resolution calling for the release of a limited scope of Epstein-related documents, but Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t immediately put it to a floor vote.
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