The sponsor of the discharge petition seeking to publicize all the government files on Jeffrey Epstein said Tuesday that he’s confident the motion will secure enough signatures to force a vote on his bill.

“I'm not really engaged in a massive whipping effort. I just assume we'll get the votes,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) told reporters in the Capitol.

Hours earlier, Massie had introduced a discharge petition designed to force a floor vote on legislation requiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release virtually all of its files on the Epstein case. As of Tuesday night, four Republicans had signed the petition: Reps. Nancy Mace (S.C.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Massie.

To hit the magic number of 218, two more Republicans would........

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