US House overwhelmingly passes bill ordering Justice Department to release Epstein files

By Diyar Guldogan

WASHINGTON (AA) - The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to compel the Justice Department to release more files on the investigation of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The lower chamber of Congress voted 427-1 on Epstein Files Transparency Act. It will now be sent to the Senate.

This came after a discharge petition to compel a vote in the House on the Epstein files' release. The petition reached the required 218 signatures after Rep. Adelita Grijalva signed it last week.