Senate Unanimously Approves Bill to Release Epstein Files

Epstein Files Bill Passes Senate

• 🏛️ The Senate has unanimously approved a House-passed bill that will require the Justice Department to release all unclassified records and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
• 📜 This bill is now headed to President Trump's desk for his signature.
• ⏱️ The process moved much faster than anticipated, with the White House previously attempting to block the effort.

Political Maneuvering and Support

• ⚡ President Trump has shifted his position, now stating he will sign the bill into law, despite calling the situation a "Democratic hoax."
• 🤝 The bill's passage saw a near-unanimous vote in the House (427 to 1) and sailed through the Senate.
• 📈 The pathway for the bill's success was unusual, utilizing a discharge petition to bypass the Speaker of the House, a mechanism that rarely succeeds.

Voices of Survivors

• 🎤 Epstein victims and survivors were central to the day's events, holding a press conference and sharing their personal testimonies and stories of trauma.
• 💔 For many survivors, this has been decades of trauma, working through psychological issues since their teenage years.
• ✅ They are looking forward to the bill being signed, hoping for prosecution of individuals who committed crimes related to the Epstein case.
• 👏 Survivors were visibly moved, applauding lawmakers in the House chamber as the bill passed, with many lawmakers returning the applause.