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US House to vote on full release of Epstein files next week, Johnson says

Grijalva’s signature brought the Epstein-files petition to the threshold needed to proceed to a House vote.

US House to vote on full release of Epstein files next week, Johnson says
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This article1 analysis · Oct 13, 2026
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Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will vote next week on compelling the Justice Department to release Epstein-related files, after Adelita Grijalva’s signature brought a discharge petition to the required number. The article also reports a House vote to end the government shutdown and renewed scrutiny of Donald Trump’s ties to Epstein.

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Representative who signed the discharge petition and voted on the government funding package

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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker of the House who announced the planned vote

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Nancy Mace
R · SC-1

Representative who signed the discharge petition

Tim Burchett
R · TN-2

Representative who sought an expedited vote and criticized Democrats

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose relationship with Epstein was again scrutinized after emails were released

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Representative who put forward the discharge petition

Representative who signed the discharge petition

Raúl M. Grijalva
Former U.S. Representative (D-AZ)

Former representative and Adelita Grijalva’s late father

Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former U.S. Representative (R-GA)

Representative who signed the discharge petition

Jim McGovern
D · MA-2

House Rules Committee ranking member who had forecast a later vote

White House press secretary who rejected the implication of wrongdoing by Trump

Ro Khanna
D · CA-17

Representative who put forward the discharge petition

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Adelita Grijalva Adds 218th Signature to Epstein Files Petition

Outlets agree that Adelita Grijalva supplied the 218th signature on a petition seeking a House vote on releasing Epstein-related files, clearing the way for the vote. Left-leaning outlets tie the petition to Grijalva’s delayed swearing-in and frame the release effort as politically consequential. Center outlets mostly emphasize the signature’s procedural effect and the next steps, while also reporting political disputes around the files. Right-leaning outlets similarly focus on the petition’s threshold and path toward a House vote.

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