Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Wednesday that House Republicans will address remaining issues around the Jeffrey Epstein case after lawmakers return from recess in September, if more information doesn’t come out first.
Scalise said in an interview that the House is waiting on the Trump administration to work on releasing Epstein-related grand jury information through the courts over the August recess.
“We’ll see what comes out of the courts, none of us can predict that,” Scalise said. “But when we return, we’ll deal with whatever’s left.”
He noted House GOP leaders and rank-and-file Republicans are “hopeful” the Trump administration will facilitate the release of more Epstein-related information before lawmakers return. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky is pushing a discharge petition to force a vote on his bipartisan bill to compel the release of more Epstein documents. That effort will be ready for a vote in September.
“If the courts have already released a lot of those, then I think that will be helpful. But we’ve been clear we want to get the information out there, but also protect the victims,” Scalise said.
