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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants the Senate to vote on the House bill to release a trove of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, and plans to force it “immediately.”
The House is set to vote on a resolution from Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., that would force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose all documents in its possession related to the late financier and convicted pedophile.
Their resolution is expected to pass, particularly with new support from President Donald Trump, who has criticized their effort for months.
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen after a news conference at the U.S. Capitol about the government shutdown on Nov. 5, 2025. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)
It remains up in the air whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-D., will accept the legislation for an immediate vote.
But Schumer, whose party has used the Epstein issue as a political cudgel against the GOP and Trump in recent months, wants immediate action, regardless of Thune's plan.
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“Once the House passes the bill to release Epstein's files today, I will ask the Senate to immediately pass it and pass it, period,” Schumer said in a statement.
“Republicans have spent months trying to protect Donald Trump and hide what is in the files,” he continued. “Americans are tired of waiting and demand to see the truth. If Leader Thune tries to bury the bill, I will stop him.”
