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The Epstein files petition is getting its 218th signature. What happens next?
Adelita Grijalvaâs swearing in on Wednesday will make her Democratsâ newest member in the US House of Representatives, but itâll also officially set in motion lawmakersâ effort to force a vote on a measure the White House has fought for months: a bill to compel the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
After her 4 p.m. swearing in, Grijalva is expected to provide the 218th â and final â signature needed on the discharge petition to force such a vote and, in turn, trigger a number of procedural steps before the House can vote on a bill compelling the filesâ release.
Bipartisan duo expects to have signatures Wednesday to force a vote to release Epstein files
BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and referenced Mar-a-Lago in newly released emails
WASHINGTON — After a weeks-long delay, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., on Wednesday are on the cusp of securing enough signatures to bypass GOP leaders and force a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release all of the files in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz. — who won the seat of her late father in a September special election — has vowed she'll be the 218th signature on Massie and Khanna’s “discharge petition” after she is sworn into office at around 4 p.m. ET Wednesday.
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Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release
As five more Senate Democrats joined Republicans to pass a compromise bill to end the shutdown, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Speaker Johnson is the “big loser in this compromise” because not only will his bill not be signed into law, but “the Epstein files come back to life in the House of Representatives.”Nov. 11, 2025
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