House GOP won’t whip against bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files: Emmer

Published October 10, 2025 8:48pm ET



EXCLUSIVE – House GOP leadership won’t push Republicans to vote against a bill to release all of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein when it inevitably comes to the floor after the government shutdown.

Leaders don’t normally whip against privileged motions, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) told the Washington Examiner, and the pending Epstein discharge petition pushed by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) will not be an exception.

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