<p>House Republicans say there is &#8220;a misunderstanding&#8221; about the failed vote on Tuesday that Democrats linked to demanding the Department of Justice compile and release files regarding Jeffrey Epstein.</p>
<p>Democrats <a href="https://x.com/nicholaswu12/status/1945161060954062859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to revive an Epstein disclosure amendment from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) that was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-block-democrat-push-to-release-epstein-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a> Monday in the House Rules Committee after he sought to merge his measure with an unrelated crypto bill — if a procedural floor vote went their way. But it <a href="https://x.com/jamiedupree/status/1945185474164793543" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not succeed</a>.</p>
<p>While the result has been widely cast as the House Republicans uniting to prevent the release of the Epstein files, some GOP members pushed back on that narrative.</p>
<p>&#8220;I gotta correct something real quick,&#8221; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1945205224232112334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a &#8220;Benny Show&#8221; interview. &#8220;It&#8217;s being reported that House Republicans unanimously voted to block the release of the Epstein files, and I want to straighten out the record right now. That is not true. If I could vote &#8230; to release the Epstein files, guys, you would have my vote. I would vote &#8216;yes.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Greene spoke about the mechanics of what happened.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a procedural vote. And we have these all the time. It&#8217;s called a &#8216;PQ.&#8217; It&#8217;s voting on the previous question,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;If the Democrats had won the previous question, which I know sounds insane — it&#8217;s one of these crazy rules in the House that are hard to understand — that means they would control the House floor.&#8221;</p>
<p>The congresswoman then contended that if Democrats had gotten their way, it could have paved the way to all sorts of votes beyond the Epstein issue.</p>
<p>&#8220;And that means they could bring up anything,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;They could bring up impeachment articles against President Trump. They could bring up a whole package of insane Democrat agenda items and force votes on the House floor on these things. That&#8217;s what we voted against. We never allow Democrats to have control of the House floor because we control the House floor. So, it&#8217;s a misunderstanding that I just wanted to straighten that out.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) <a href="https://x.com/RepLuna/status/1945223846585622659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> a similar explanation in a post on X.</p>
<p>&#8220;The House GOP conference as a whole did not vote to block the release of the Epstein files,&#8221; Luna said. &#8220;There was a procedural vote that, if failed, would have given Democrats control of the House. If you pull up the &#8216;previous question&#8217; language you will not find anything re: Epstein. Liars never cease to disgust me.&#8221;</p>
<p>In response, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) <a href="https://x.com/RepMcGovern/status/1945261045808832954" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> Luna was not entirely correct.</p>
<p>&#8220;Respectfully, [Luna], this is not accurate. If you pull up the &#8216;previous question&#8217; language in tomorrow’s congressional record you will find the following, which you voted against,&#8221; McGovern said, sharing a screenshot of text on the Epstein files amendment.</p>
<p>Khanna&#8217;s amendment did get the support of a single Republican — Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) — in the House Rules Committee, but the rest of the Republicans voted &#8220;nay&#8221; and it was defeated.</p>
<p>The California Democrat later <a href="https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/1945142704091906495" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clarified</a> that his measure pertaining to Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls, would &#8220;of course protect&#8221; the identity of any victims.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump has expressed support for Attorney General Pam Bondi and seemed to dismiss the uproar within the “Make America Great Again” movement after the Department of Justice claimed it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered.</p>
<p>&#8220;One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about,&#8221; Trump said on Truth Social.</p>
<p>Still, there are many people who remain skeptical that the Department of Justice is being completely forthcoming.</p>
<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1945181783567319432" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a separate &#8220;Benny Show&#8221; interview on Tuesday that he supports &#8220;transparency&#8221; with regard to the Epstein issue and called on Bondi to be more forthcoming to inform the American public what happened after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-great-trump-backs-bondi-wants-top-officials-to-end-conflict-over-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hinted</a> earlier this year that major bombshells were about to be revealed that never materialized.</p>

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