For all the "it is both sides" or "none of them want to release the files" people:
In emotional testimony, the women — some of whom were speaking publicly for the first time — recounted how they were lured as teenagers into an elaborate sex-trafficking operation run by Epstein and Maxwell and abused for years.
All voiced their support for lawmakers to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a rare bipartisan measure led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Ro Khanna (D-California) that would compel the Trump administration to publicly disclose far more documents on Epstein.
At least 201 Democrats had signed on to the discharge petition as of Wednesday afternoon. So far, only three other Republicans besides Massie — Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colorado), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia) and Nancy Mace (South Carolina) — have joined Democrats.
