US EditionTuesday’s Special Election in Arizona Set to Deliver a Decisive US House Vote for Epstein Files Release
The special election is expected to provide the final signature needed on a discharge petition to force a House vote releasing Epstein Justice Department files, GOP leaders have resisted.
- On Tuesday, the Arizona special election in the 7th Congressional District is expected to deliver the decisive signature to force a discharge petition to release Jeffrey Epstein files.
- Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna's bipartisan petition needs 218 signatures to force a vote, while House Speaker Mike Johnson has worked to block it for President Donald Trump in recent months.
- Several House Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace have signed the petition, and both Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Butierez told the Arizona Daily Star last week they would sign if elected.
- If the petition hits 218, it would force a floor vote requiring publication of Justice Department records related to Jeffrey Epstein, with limited exceptions to protect victims, putting House Speaker Mike Johnson in an untenable position with the Trump administration.
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District is solidly Democratic and voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris by more than 22 points, while elections on November 4 and December 2 could further chip away at Johnson's 219-213 House majority, though he can only afford to lose two Republicans.
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Arizona Democrat’s Win Clinches Bid to Force Epstein Files Vote
A bipartisan group of lawmakers appears to have the support needed to force a House vote on a measure demanding that the Trump administration release its investigative files on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who on Tuesday won a special election for a House seat in Arizona, has committed to signing on to a so-called discharge petition that would force action on the measure. The petition needs the signatures…
Arizona Special Election Secures Thomas Massie Enough Signatures for Epstein Disclosure Vote
Massie said Democrat Adelita Grijalva’s special-election victory gives him the final signature needed to force a vote on Epstein disclosure. ... The post Arizona Special Election Secures Thomas Massie Enough Signatures for Epstein Disclosure Vote appeared first on The New American.
What a Democrat’s victory in Arizona means for release of the Epstein files
Progressive Democrat Adelita Grijalva won a special election Tuesday in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, as called by The Associated Press. Not only did her victory chip away at the GOP’s already-slim majority in the House, but it also could force Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to allow a vote on requiring the release of unclassified files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Johnson also faces a tougher road as he pushes legislation that …
Democrat Special Election Winner Could Force House To Take Up Epstein Files Discharge Petition
Democratic candidate Adelita Grijalva comfortably defeated her Republican opponent in a special election in Arizona on Tuesday, giving Democrats enough signatures to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein case files when the House resumes legislative business in early October. A discharge petition offered by Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic California Rep. Ro […]
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