Khanna says he is ‘very confident’ in passage of Epstein files bill
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that he is “very confident” in the passage of his and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) bill on files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Congress left town early without voting on your bipartisan bill, which would basically call for the release of all of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Do you think when Congress is back the bill will go to the floor and it will pass?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Khanna on “Meet the Press.”

“I’m very confident it will,” the California Democrat responded. “I spoke to Congressman Massie. You had us both on a few weeks ago. We will have the petition live on September 2nd. We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans. Only six of them have to sign it.”

Earlier this summer, President Trump and his administration faced intense controversy over their handling of information related to Epstein from both sides of the aisle.

Khanna and Massie are also preparing to bring survivors of abuse by Epstein, as well as his convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, to the Capitol. The survivors will join the representatives at a press conference the morning of Sept. 3, Khanna and Massie have announced.

In July, Massie said he would attempt to use a long-shot procedural gambit to force a vote on requiring the Justice Department to release files related to Epstein. 

“We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency,” Massie said in a previous post on X.

“We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files,” he added.

Massie and Khanna’s resolution would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’ Offices” that have links with Epstein within 30 days of the measure becoming law.

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