The U.S. House has secured the 218 votes required to compel Trump to disclose the complete Epstein files.

In November 2025, an alliance of legislators from both parties, spearheaded by figures including Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, deployed a discharge petition to circumvent chamber leaders and present the Epstein Files Transparency Act directly to the full assembly. This parliamentary maneuver attained the necessary total of 218 backers when newly seated Representative Adelita Grijalva endorsed the document, thereby forcing a compulsory vote.washingtonpost.comwashingtonpost.comEpstein Discharge Petition House Massie Khanna GrijalvaOn November 12, 2025, it officially secured the threshold of 218 signatures needed to trigger a mandatory House vote, bolstered by the swearing-in of newly elected Democratic Representative Adelita Grijalva of Arizona House Passage &...pbs.orgpbs.orgRep Grijalva Signs Petition on Epstein Files Giving It the 218th Signature...On November 12, 2025, the petition secured its 218th signature (reaching the threshold required to compel a vote), triggered by newly sworn-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.)+1 more

Subsequent to this successful petition drive and a late shift by President Donald Trump withdrawing his resistance, the chamber approved the bill decisively with a 427 to 1 tally, advancing the proposal to the next legislative phase.clerk.house.govclerk.house.govClerk ReportThe House Vote: On November 18, 2025, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the measure under a suspension of the rules by a recorded vote of 427–1lieu.house.govlieu.house.govHouse Overwhelmingly Votes Release Epstein FilesThe House Vote (November 18, 2025): Following the successful discharge petition and a late reversal by President Donald Trump (who dropped his opposition and urged support), the U.S. House voted 427–1 to pass the legislation requiring the...