Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is leading the charge the force a House vote on releasing files related to accused child predator Jeffrey Epstein.

Republicans on the House Rules Committee passed a resolution Thursday evening calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to release information related to the convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. Members of the rules panel voted 9 to 4 to advance the resolution to the House floor over the objections of Democrats who argued the resolution lacked the authority to compel Bondi to act.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) filed a discharge petition to bypass their leadership and force a vote to push the Department of Justice to release the “complete” so-called Epstein files.

The House Rules Committee late Thursday night advanced a resolution calling for — but not legally requiring — the DOJ to release of some information related to Jeffrey Epstein, as a number of

The House Rules Committee laid the groundwork for an eventual vote to call for release of the Epstein files, reflecting Republican uneasiness with the president’s refusal to divulge information from the investigation.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky is trying to up the pressure on the Trump administration to make public everything it has about Jeffrey Epstein. For the past week, the Trump administration has been tossed in a sea of controversy that began when a Department of Justice memo said there was no Epstein client list to release.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said he would try to use a long-shot procedural gambit to force a vote on requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.