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Republican Representative Thomas Massie said Wednesday that his discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act II had reached 218 signatures, the number required to force a vote in the US House of Representatives, according to Anadolu Agency.
“This morning we reached the required 218 signatures on my discharge petition for Epstein Files Transparency Act II!” Massie said on the social media platform “X”.
The Kentucky congressman said he was working with Democratic Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Teresa Leger Fernandez and Ro Khanna to bring the measure to the House floor for a vote soon.
Massie introduced the bill on July 15 with Khanna and Leger Fernandez. Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley and Ben Ray Lujan are leading the Senate version.
The bill would allow state attorneys general, district attorneys, members of Congress and victims of Jeffrey Epstein to sue the US attorney general for withholding, redacting or delaying the publication of Epstein-related records, or failing to publish them.
It would also give victims access to full, unredacted records about themselves, including FBI interview reports. The measure would require the Justice Department to provide state and local prosecutors with the unredacted records they need, including secure access to classified materials.
In a July 15 statement introducing the bill, Massie said the Justice Department had “flagrantly and consistently ignored” disclosure requirements in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law on November 19, 2025.
He said the department continued to withhold more than 3 million Epstein files that should be made public and was maintaining heavy redactions in the files it had released.
