For Rep. Thomas Massie, time is running out in his latest effort to extract more files from the Justice Department related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He’s leading a push to sidestep House leaders and bring another bill to the floor, dubbing it the Epstein Files Transparency Act II. It would allow state attorneys general, victims and members of Congress to sue the Justice Department for failing to disclose documents as required under the law he championed last fall.
The Kentucky Republican on Thursday accused his own party of trying to slow him down, after Speaker Mike Johnson announced the House would cancel two of its three remaining workweeks planned for September.
Those schedule changes are an “attempt to stymie our latest Epstein bill,” Massie posted on social media, a suggestion that Johnson had previously brushed off.
It’s not the only obstacle Massie is facing. He has just a few more months left in office, after losing a primary to a challenger backed by President Donald Trump. One of his prime allies in the Epstein push, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has already left the Hill.
