House Rules Chair Virginia Foxx says Republicans will not seek to turn off Rep. Thomas Massie’s discharge petition effort in her panel.
The North Carolina Republican said “No,” when asked in a brief interview Tuesday if Republicans would try such an effort via the Rules Committee.
GOP leaders have been trying to avoid such a move for now. Massie plans to unveil his discharge petition today to force a vote on his bipartisan bill to compel the Justice Department to release its entire Epstein-related file.
Speaker Mike Johnson said he planned to meet with a group of Epstein victims later Tuesday on the Hill.
“I would not put much stock into what Thomas Massie says,” the speaker said of the Kentucky Republican. “The House Republicans have been very consistent about maximum disclosure and maximum transparency with the Epstein file, but we had to do the way that would protect the innocent victims of these horrific crimes.”
