Senate Unanimously Sends Epstein Files Bill To Trump’s Desk

The Senate unanimously approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act Tuesday evening, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked for unanimous consent to approve the House-passed measure, and no senators objected. The lower chamber approved the bipartisan bill directing the full release of all records related to the Department of Justice’s case against the late convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein during a vote of 427 to 1 several hours earlier.

Unanimous consent is a legislative maneuver that allows senators to expedite a bill’s passage by getting agreement from all 100 senators.

“Once the House passes the bill to release the Epstein files today, I will move for the Senate to immediately take it up and pass it — period,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday. The minority leader also accused Republicans of seeking to “hide what’s in the files.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, however, signaled Tuesday that the House-passed measure would clear the upper chamber quickly.

“My assumption is that the president sounds like he’s prepared to sign it,” Thune told reporters. “So I’d assume it would move fairly quickly over here.”

The bill’s swift passage through Congress follows four House Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Lauren Boebert of Colorado — signing onto a discharge petition to force a vote in the House. The discharge petition, offered by Massie and Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna, stalled for months amid the record-breaking government shutdown and opposition from the White House.

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