It was a point that the Democrats seized upon regarding the files about Jeffrey Epstein: When given a vote about releasing the unclassified files related to the financier and sex trafficker and his partner-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell, the Republicans didn’t go along.
You saw Democrats screaming about this on social media. Here are New York Rep. Dan Goldman and California Rep. Eric Swalwell framing this as a simple up-or-down vote on releasing the Epstein files, one that Republicans were reluctant to sign onto:
This is it. Today at 1:30pm Congress votes whether to release the Epstein Files or keep them secret. How will Republicans vote?
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 15, 2025
Republicans spent years screaming for the Epstein Files to be released.
Now Donald Trump wants to hide them.
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