The U.S. Congress approves the release of Epstein files, sending them to Trump.

By Ayush Sachan

The Bill passed the House with a unanimous vote of 428 members, with only one member dissenting. The Senate then decided to expedite the process by bypassing a hand-count vote and sending the text directly to the White House.

On Tuesday, November 19, 2025, U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to release government files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This decision followed President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon his opposition to opening the files on a scandal that has significantly impacted politics, law enforcement, and the country’s elite.

The President had exerted immense pressure on his allies in Congress to withhold the material from public release. However, the Republican leader conceded defeat over the weekend, realizing that a significant portion of his party was determined to defy his orders.

Congress approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act almost unanimously — compelling publication of unclassified documents detailing the investigation into the disgraced financier’s operations and jailhouse death, which was ruled a suicide.

The rift deepened when Mr. Trump abruptly withdrew his endorsement of his most loyal ally, Marjorie Taylor Greene, citing a shocking revelation that she attributed to the Epstein files.

At the news conference, she posed the question, “The real test will be whether the Department of Justice releases the files or if the entire matter remains entangled in ongoing investigations.”