What’s next for the Epstein files after Trump’s social media posts
November 17, 2025
The House is heading towards a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers are pushing past a monthslong effort by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders to stop the effort. Many lawmakers say the Justice Department needs to release its case files on Epstein. They argue that the release could show that other people were aware or complicit in Epstein’s sexual abuse. House Democrats and a few key Republicans have been able to force a vote on the bill to do that by using a rarely successful measure called a discharge petition.