It’s Day One of the post-summer session of Congress, and the House Republican leadership is already dealing with the Jeffrey Epstein issue it hoped to leave behind.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced he will file his discharge petition at 2 p.m., forcing the release of the Justice Department’s Epstein files. Members will be able to sign the petition beginning today.
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