GOP momentum grows to force Trump DOJ to release Epstein files [View all]
Source: The Hill
09/15/25 6:00 AM ET
Some Republicans now say privately that it’s inevitable Congress will pass legislation directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all files the Department of Justice (DOJ) possesses related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
President Trump has repeatedly tried to wave aside calls from Republicans and MAGA activists to make all the Epstein files public, but GOP lawmakers say privately that Trump is losing the battle to move on from the controversy that has been a White House annoyance since earlier this summer.
One Republican senator who requested anonymity to comment on the sensitive topic told The Hill that Congress will sooner or later pass legislation directing Bondi to release all unclassified files related to Epstein. The senator pointed out that many Republican lawmakers who followed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) instructions and declined to sign a discharge petition to bring the Epstein matter to the House floor for a vote have nevertheless been “very vocal” in demanding the Justice Department release all Epstein-related materials.
“Whole bunches of them have been very vocal about this. Most of the Freedom Caucus has been,” the senator said. “The problem for some of these folks is that this has been an issue for years.” The senator observed that when Bondi said in February that a list of Epstein’s clients “is sitting on” her “desk right now to review,” she created a huge expectation that the administration would reveal the names of the well-connected and wealthy men who participated in Epstein’s sexual exploitation of girls and teenagers. “That was really unwise,” the lawmaker said.
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