House Judiciary GOP social media account 'rickrolls' users with fake ‘Epstein files’ link

The administrators of the House Judiciary GOP X account deceived people on Thursday with a prank that many have blasted as inappropriate.

This has to be one of the dumbest mistakes by our side in recent memory. Sex trafficking is not an opportunity to rick roll someone with a music video. I have friends in Congress who are pissed this was sent out. I’m glad they deleted it but this can never happen again. pic.twitter.com/MNsIxyKgxI
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) February 28, 2025

After it was announced that the long-awaited files in the Jeffrey Epstein case would be released on Thursday, the House Judiciary GOP X account made a post that led people to believe it was posting a link to access the information.