Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said he would try to use a long-shot procedural gambit to force a vote on requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The move comes as President Trump and his administration face blowback from many within the GOP base over their handling of information about the disgraced financier, and Trump attempts to tamp down the amount of attention the issue is receiving.

“We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency,” Massie said in a post on the social........

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