BGOV Bill Analysis: H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Release

The Justice Department would have to publicly release unclassified records relating to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under H.R. 4405.

The bill is identical to a proposal that Democrats and several Republicans were pushing through the discharge petition process. The House was slated to consider a resolution (H. Res. 581) that would amend an unrelated bill (H.R. 185) with language compelling DOJ to release information about Epstein. However, after Trump urged the House to vote on the proposal, House leadership put H.R. 4405 on the floor under suspension of the rules ...