"The congressman's bill directing the U.S. Department of Justice to disclose the records from its investigations of convicted child sex trafficker and rapist Jeffrey Epstein passed the House by a 427-1 vote on Tuesday. Hours later, the Senate passed it unanimously. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed Khanna's bill. Getting any legislation through both chambers and then signed by the president is hard enough when you're in the majority party. But Khanna, who represents Fremont and swaths of Silicon Valley, is a Democrat."
"The president had been longtime friends with the now-deceased notorious child rapist; he figures prominently in many already-disclosed Epstein records; and he fought like hell to block a vote on Khanna's bill. The president's heavy-handed tactics to break up Khanna's unlikely yet pivotal alliance with right-wing Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Marjorie Taylor-Greene of Georgia, Nance Mace of South Carolina and Lauren Boebert of Colorado has exposed the most significant fracture yet in Trump's heretofore near-complete control over House and Senate Republicans."
"Until her alliance with Khanna over release of the Epstein files, Taylor-Greene had been the president's most vocal, loyal ally. Now, after Trump has repeatedly attacked her online, calling her a disgrace, a traitor and wacky, she fears the president's supporters will physically attack her. The fight over releasing the Epstein files has ripped MAGA apart, Taylor-Greene said on Tuesday."
Rep. Ro Khanna's bill directed the Department of Justice to disclose records from its investigations of convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The House passed the bill 427-1, the Senate passed it unanimously, and President Donald Trump signed it. Trump had been a longtime friend of Epstein, appears in many disclosed records, and resisted the bill while attempting to pressure Republican members to oppose it. Khanna formed an unlikely bipartisan alliance including Reps. Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Nance Mace and Lauren Boebert. The episode revealed fractures within Trump-aligned Republicans and prompted personal attacks against Taylor-Greene.
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