The sole Republican who voted against releasing Epstein files
The sole Republican who voted against releasing Epstein files
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bill compelling the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, Tuesday.
The final vote was 427-1, indicating broad support among lawmakers, but Republican Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana, a fervent supporter of Trump, was the only member to vote against the bill's passage.
“I have been a principled ‘NO’ on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today,” he wrote in a post on X after the vote. “It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America.”
He continued, “As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote.”
The Epstein Files Transparency Act will now proceed to the Senate for further consideration.
