Larson Votes to Release Epstein Files

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted to release all documents and records relating to federal investigations into child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After campaigning on a pledge to release them, President Trump’s White House spent months lobbying Members of Congress to oppose a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. In September, Larson signed a discharge petition to force a vote in the House on the Epstein Files, which reached the required 218 signatures when Rep. Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) was sworn in to Congress last week. 

“Today, the House FINALLY voted to release the Epstein Files, capping off a months-long campaign by Speaker Johnson and President Trump to block their release – even delaying the swearing-in of a duly elected Member of Congress to prevent a vote,” said Larson. “Here’s what I know – the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse network deserve justice. Today’s resounding vote was an important step toward their government delivering exactly that. Even when pressured by the rich and powerful, including the President of the United States himself, our democracy can hold strong when everyday people speak up. We still don’t know what the White House and Trump allies are trying to hide in these files, but as Robert Graves wrote in I, Claudius, ‘Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out.’ I will always stand up for survivors of sexual abuse and our democratic principles of equal protection for all under the law.”