The BriefMarjorie Taylor Greene and GOP allies are defying Trump by demanding full release of Epstein files.Greene and others back a bipartisan bill to force disclosure, despite DOJ denying a client list exists.

Thomas Massie explained that a discharge petition lets lawmakers bypass leadership, and after 7 days, signature collection can begin

The president also said "only really bad people" want to stoke theories about the well-connected sex offender.

DOJ leaders are facing criticism and resignation calls from one-time supporters after they ended their inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case without releasing new files.

Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who led SDNY from 2002 to 2003. Trump fired James Comey in May 2017 over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails, but Democrats have said the move was a result of the FBI investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The US Department of Justice has dismissed veteran federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who worked on high-profile cases involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Her firing r

In 2021, a jury convicted Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, of helping to recruit young girls for sexual abuse. She was sentenced last summer to serve 20 years in prison.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) announced the Epstein Files Transparency Act with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) to force a vote on releasing government files related to Jeffrey Epstein.