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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants the Senate to vote on the House’s bill to release a trove of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, and plans to force it “immediately.”
The House is set to vote on a resolution from Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., that would force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all the documents in its possession related to the late financier and convicted pedophile.
Their resolution is expected to pass, particularly with the newfound support of President Donald Trump, who has railed against their effort for months.
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Whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., will take up the legislation for a vote immediately remains in the air.
But Schumer, whose party has used the Epstein issue as a political cudgel against the GOP and Trump for the last several months, wants action immediately, regardless of Thune’s plan.
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“Once the House passes the bill to release the Epstein files today, I will move for the Senate to immediately take it up and pass it — period,” Schumer said in a statement.
“Republicans have spent months trying to protect Donald Trump and hide what’s in the files,” he continued. “Americans are tired of waiting and are demanding to see the truth. If Leader Thune tries to bury the bill, I’ll stop him.”
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