{"id":2480942,"date":"2025-08-31T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ro-khanna-very-confident-congress-will-back-bipartisan-epstein-files-bill\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:59:15","slug":"ro-khanna-very-confident-congress-will-back-bipartisan-epstein-files-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ro-khanna-very-confident-congress-will-back-bipartisan-epstein-files-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Ro Khanna &#8216;very confident&#8217; Congress will back bipartisan Epstein files bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fro-khanna-very-confident-congress-will-back-bipartisan-epstein-files-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2480942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) is optimistic that Congress will support a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bipartisan bill aimed<\/a> at releasing all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declassifies-government-files-on-jfk-rfk-and-mlk-assassinations-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... declassifies government files on JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations ... Washington Examiner\">government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-maricopa-county-delete-all-of-its-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Maricopa County Delete All Of Its 2020 Election Results?\">files related<\/a><\/a> to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Khanna co-sponsors the Epstein Files transparency Act with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), which would require the House to vote on the full disclosure of Epstein-related documents. Khanna stated that all 212 House Democrats adn at least six Republicans are expected to back the measure. A discharge petition supporting the bill is being filed, and a press conference featuring ten Epstein victims-many who have never spoken publicly before-is scheduled for september 3 on the Capitol steps to demand transparency.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice recently sent the first batch of Epstein-related records to the House Oversight Committee after a subpoena by Chairman James comer (R-KY), with plans to make the files public after reviewing and redacting sensitive victim facts. While former President Donald Trump expressed support for keeping the files open, he also dismissed the issue as a &#8220;Democrat hoax.&#8221; The article also touches on related political topics, including redistricting concerns and election prospects. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ro Khanna &lsquo;very confident&rsquo; Congress will back bipartisan Epstein files bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2215762\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) previewed the &ldquo;explosive&rdquo; week the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3787904\/anna-paulina-luna-resolution-ban-stock-trading-congress-discharge-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House of Representatives<\/a> can expect after the August recess as he seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-kennedy-assassination-files-will-be-released-tuesday-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... announces Kennedy assassination files will be released Tuesday ... Washington Examiner\">release files related<\/a> to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna is the co-sponsor of&nbsp;Rep. Thomas Massie&rsquo;s (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3482634\/congress-heat-epstein-files-house-recess-town-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Epstein Files Transparency Act<\/a>, which would force the House to vote on the government&rsquo;s complete release of files related to Epstein. Khanna said he is &ldquo;very confident&rdquo; Congress will back this bill, citing a live discharge petition he and Massie are filing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3785387\/comer-house-oversight-tempo-gop-control-washington\/\">Comer ratchets up House Oversight tempo with GOP control of Washington<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3788275\/missouri-to-take-up-redistricting-fight-in-special-session\/\">Missouri to take up redistricting fight in special session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3501664\/house-packed-schedule-funding-deadline-epstein-redistricting-dc-takeover\/\">House returns to packed schedule, long to-do list, and Epstein drama<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans; only six of them have to sign it. What will be explosive is the Sept. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-preemptively-resigns-from-the-screen-actors-guild\/\" title=\"President ... preemptively resigns from the Screen Actors Guild\">3 press conference<\/a> that both of us are having with 10 Epstein victims, many who have never spoken out before. They&rsquo;re going to be on the steps of the Capitol. They will be telling their story, and they will be saying clearly to the American public that they want the release of the Epstein files for full disclosure on this matter,&rdquo; Khanna said Sunday on NBC&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3103566&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=cbe5301db03ff3edefe084bdfeedfd31\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Department of Justice sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3779211\/doj-sends-first-round-epstein-records-house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first round of Epstein-related files<\/a> to the House Oversight Committee on Aug. 22 following a subpoena from Chairman James Comer (R-KY). A committee&nbsp;spokesperson said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3785387\/comer-house-oversight-tempo-gop-control-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Oversight Committee<\/a> intends to make the files public after review and redaction of victims&rsquo; personal information.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3788651\/trump-teases-executive-order-voter-id-every-single-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he&rsquo;s in support of keeping the files open but also called them a &ldquo;Democrat hoax.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3783270\/mike-collins-hot-mic-trump-is-in-epstein-files-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICAN MIKE COLLINS CAUGHT ON HOT MIC SAYING TRUMP IS &lsquo;IN&rsquo; THE EPSTEIN FILES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khanna also played down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3785998\/gavin-newsom-warns-trump-wont-leave-white-house-after-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gov. Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s (D-CA) concern<\/a> that Trump may not leave office once his second term concludes in January 2029. The congressman said he &ldquo;fully expects&rdquo; that the United States will hold elections in 2028, adding he&rsquo;s confident the Democratic nominee will win.<\/p>\n<p>The California Democrat also said he doesn&rsquo;t support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3788275\/missouri-to-take-up-redistricting-fight-in-special-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">redistricting across the nation<\/a> but argued his state is telling other states to &ldquo;stop.&rdquo; He added redistricting efforts could leave the Voting Rights Act &ldquo;gutted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ro Khanna confident Congress will back bipartisan Epstein files bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2480945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25104734733625.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3667,4402,51209,4762,32530],"class_list":["post-2480942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bipartisan","tag-congress","tag-epstein-files","tag-legislation","tag-ro-khanna"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25104734733625.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480947,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480942\/revisions\/2480947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}