Senate Passes Release of Epstein Files Unanimously
It now goes to the President’s desk
After I wrote about the House’s 427–1 vote to force the release of the Epstein files, the big open question was whether the Senate would smother it in “concerns” and procedure. The Senate just passed it unanimously, by unanimous consent, with no amendments.
House Votes to Release Epstein Files
In a town that can’t agree on what day it is, the House of Representatives just did something close to unheard of. It voted 427–1 to force the Department of Justice to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.
No roll call. No one forced to go on record as a “no.” Chuck Schumer asked for unanimous consent to pass the House’s Epstein Files Transparency Act the moment it arrived. John Thune’s Republicans stayed quiet, and silence in Senate rules is consent. The same bill the House passed 427–1 is now headed, unchanged, to Donald Trump’s desk.
So in less than a day, Congress — the same institution that has slow-walked Epstein transparency for years — suddenly stands virtually unanimous. One recorded “no” in the House, zero in the Senate. That isn’t a moral awakening. It’s raw political math. Blocking this, or even obviously watering it down, had become riskier than letting it through.
Trump has already said he’ll sign the bill. DOJ, in turn, has 30 days to cough up the files — with room to redact for victims and real investigations, but not for “embarrassment” or “political sensitivity.”
Congress has finally put its signature on transparency.
