Four Republicans said they would vote to release the files after House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed a vote would take place.

A petition in the House of Representatives to force a vote to release the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files secured the last signature required to trigger that action. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., provided the 218th signature needed to approve the petition shortly after she was sworn in as a House member,

Jeffrey E. Epstein, the financier at the heart of an infamous child sex trafficking operation, privately disparaged former Harvard professor Alan M. Dershowitz over a period of years even as Dershowitz,

In the emails, which Colbert called “damning,” Epstein claims that Trump ― who was once a close friend ― knew about his conduct. In a 2015 message, journalist Michael Wolff emailed Epstein to say that CNN was going to ask Trump about his relationship with Epstein. Epstein wrote back offering to “craft” a message for Trump, according to the files.