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Clay Higgins: The lone lawmaker to vote against releasing the Epstein files (www.bbc.com)

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Nearly every Republican in the US House of Representatives voted on a bill to compel the release of documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The lone "nay" came from the Republican lawmaker from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, who defied his party saying his vote was a principled "NO".

"What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today," Higgins wrote on X. "It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America."

The resounding vote in favour of the Epstein bill, 427-1, marks a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. Hours later, the US senate too approved the legislation, clearing the way for the final act - President Donald Trump's signature.

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[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Criminal justice procedures against who exactly? Last I heard, Epstein only trafficked those girls for his own use. Isn't that what Trump's garden gnome testified to Congress?