Vote on Epstein files could be a rare Republican break with Trump [View all]

When the House votes this week on a bill to compel the release of the full Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Washington D.C. may witness something exceedingly rare in this Trump era: a sizable bloc of Republican lawmakers openly breaking with President Donald Trump.

During this administration, House Republicans rarely buck Trump. A vote in favor to release the files would represent a significant public rebuke -- especially as Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have gone to great lengths to prevent the vote from happening.

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, the lead Republican co-sponsor of the bill to release the files, told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl that he expects a "deluge" of GOP support on the measure.

Massie framed the dilemma starkly: lawmakers must choose between the political protection of the president and the expectations of their constituents: how would they justify a vote against transparency?

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