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Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) broke with Senate Republican leaders Wednesday afternoon and voted in support of an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) directing the Department of Justice to release all unclassified records and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Republican senators voted to table the amendment, but Hawley and Paul\u2019s votes underscore the deep divisions within the party over how to handle calls from President Trump\u2019s MAGA base for more information related to Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has been my consistent position,\u201d Hawley told reporters after voting. \u201cMy position has long been I think we ought to release those files and trust the American people, just like we did with the MLK files and the JFK files. I think this is a similar deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawley noted that Trump said a few months ago that the attorney general should release all the Epstein files that aren\u2019t classified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe substance is what it is. It\u2019s a vote on do you release the Epstein files or not,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe president said in his announcement a couple of months ago that he thought the attorney general should release all the files that weren\u2019t classified. I agree with that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawley was spotted chatting with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) after casting his vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul\u2019s home-state colleague, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), is pressing for a vote in the House on identical legislation to direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to make public all unclassified records, documents and communications related to Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) are circulating a discharge petition in the House to force a vote on the measure. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has urged GOP colleagues not to sign the petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Republican senators expressed interest in directing the Justice Department to release more information about Epstein but ultimately decided to stick with their leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he voted to table Schumer\u2019s amendment because he thought it would likely be stripped out of the bill anyway and wanted to show party solidarity on a procedural matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, it was a procedural vote because it would have been stripped out,\u201d he said. \u201cFrankly, if there was an amendment on the floor that would have the force of law, I\u2019d vote for it in a heartbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schumer offered his amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act while Thune was trying to negotiate an agreement on considering amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic leader got his amendment considered first because Thune did not immediately fill the amendment tree to block amendments from being offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schumer said the vote shows who\u2019s serious about releasing all Epstein-related documents to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Republicans vote no, they\u2019ll be saying the American people should not see the Epstein files. I say to my Republican colleagues, if you vote no \u2026 you\u2019ll be saying to the American people [they] should not see the Epstein files, plain and simple,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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