"The final count was almost unanimous, with 427 House members voting in favor of the bill. Just one member voted against it Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA). In the days leading up to the vote, President Donald Trump continued to insist the Epstein situation was a hoax orchestrated by the Democratic Party. Then, he suddenly claimed in a Truth Social post that he was in favor of the release of the files."
"If enacted in its current form, Higgins said, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. I have been a principled NO on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people witnesses, Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) November 18, 2025"
The House voted nearly unanimously, 427 to 1, to order the Department of Justice to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. President Donald Trump initially called the Epstein situation a Democratic hoax, then posted support for releasing the files, prompting most Republicans to back the bill. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) remained the lone NO vote, arguing the bill would broadly reveal criminal investigative files to a rabid media and harm innocent people. Higgins described his stance as a principled NO, saying the bill abandons centuries of criminal justice procedure and risks injuring thousands of witnesses and innocents.
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