TRUMP AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS RESIST
Home Republican leaders try to sidestep a direct vote, with Home Speaker Mike Johnson as an alternative backing a decision supporting a committee investigation already underway. Massie criticised that method as “the oldest trick within the swamp”.
President Donald Trump dismissed the invoice’s significance, saying within the Oval Workplace that “hundreds of pages of paperwork have been given” and labelling the push “a Democrat hoax”.
SURVIVORS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY
Regardless of Trump’s stance, stress has mounted after a Republican-led panel launched greater than 33,000 pages of Epstein recordsdata on Tuesday. Survivors mentioned broader disclosure was nonetheless essential.
Massie and Khanna are utilizing a not often profitable tactic known as a discharge petition to pressure a Home vote. They would want 218 signatures, that means not less than 5 Republicans must be part of all Democrats in the event that they backed the invoice.
As of Wednesday, Massie had the help of three Republicans: Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. The hassle may take a look at Johnson’s management and Trump’s affect inside the deeply divided Home.
