{"id":2510031,"date":"2025-11-13T07:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ossoff-pressures-gop-rivals-on-epstein-files-in-escalating-2026-georgia-fight\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:32:59","slug":"ossoff-pressures-gop-rivals-on-epstein-files-in-escalating-2026-georgia-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ossoff-pressures-gop-rivals-on-epstein-files-in-escalating-2026-georgia-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ossoff pressures GOP rivals on Epstein files in escalating 2026 Georgia fight"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fossoff-pressures-gop-rivals-on-epstein-files-in-escalating-2026-georgia-fight%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=2510031&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>Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is intensifying his 2026 Georgia Senate race campaign by challenging his Republican rivals-Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley-to publicly support a House effort demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Ossoff highlights that even Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is pushing for this openness, urging his opponents to join in signing a discharge petition to make the files public. <\/p>\n<p>This comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-fears-an-irs-armed-and-ready-to-audit\/\" title=\"... Fears: An IRS Armed and Ready to Audit\">amid renewed scrutiny<\/a> following House Oversight Committee Democrats releasing emails suggesting former President Donald TrumpS close ties to Epstein, including allegations that Trump spent time at Epstein&#8217;s residence and knew about the exploited girls. Even though Trump once promised to release related documents, he has as withdrawn that commitment, creating friction within his Republican base.<\/p>\n<p>The Epstein files issue has become a important point of contention in Georgia&#8217;s Republican primary. Carter defends Trump steadfastly,Collins supports releasing the files but tries to distance Trump from wrongdoing,and Dooley has remained silent on the matter. Meanwhile, public dissatisfaction over the lack of transparency spans party lines, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >polls showing widespread frustration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The discharge petition to release the Epstein files secured enough signatures to force a House vote, ensuring this topic remains central in the upcoming Senate race, which is expected to be highly competitive and closely watched.  <\/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\">Ossoff pressures GOP rivals on Epstein files in escalating 2026 Georgia fight<\/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_2399617\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<em> <\/em><\/strong><em>&ndash; <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-ossoff\/\">Sen. Jon Ossoff <\/a>(D-GA)<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-ossoff\/\"> <\/a>is pressing his Republican challengers in<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\"> Georgia<\/a>&rsquo;s 2026 Senate race to take a stand on whether they&rsquo;ll support a House effort to force the release of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> files.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> is calling out President Donald Trump&rsquo;s broken promises,&rdquo; Ossoff said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I challenge my opponents, Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley, to side with Rep. Greene and the majority of Georgians who want the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-mike-collins-caught-on-hot-mic-saying-trump-is-in-the-epstein-files\/\" title=\"... ... caught on hot-mic saying ... is &#039;in&#039; the ...\">sexual predator president<\/a> who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein himself to release the Epstein Files. Will they sign the discharge petition? If not, why not?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3877491\/democrats-hard-fought-redistricting-wins-may-be-for-naught\/\">Why Democrats&#8217; hard-fought redistricting wins may all be for naught<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3885403\/trump-world-forecloses-onhousing-director-bill-pulte\/\">Trumpworld forecloses on &#8216;fall guy&#8217; housing director Bill Pulte amid mortgage drama cleanup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3884960\/trump-confronted-again-epstein-problem-wont-go-away\/\">Trump confronted again by Epstein problem that won&#8217;t go away<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It&rsquo;s the first time Ossoff has publicly engaged his potential GOP rivals, Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), and former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, signaling a more aggressive posture from one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents up for reelection next year. Ossoff narrowly won his seat in 2021 and is defending it in a state Trump carried, setting up what&rsquo;s expected to be one of the most expensive and closely watched Senate races of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff&rsquo;s remarks come as<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3884049\/oversight-democrats-epstein-emails-trump-adelita-grijalva-swearing-in\/\"> new correspondence <\/a>released by House Oversight Committee Democrats has renewed scrutiny of Trump&rsquo;s relationship with Epstein. In emails between Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and author Michael Wolff, Epstein allegedly wrote that Trump &ldquo;spent hours at my house&rdquo; and &ldquo;of course he knew about the girls.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The disclosures were made public hours before Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) was sworn in, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3883303\/mike-johnson-swears-in-adelita-grijalva-last-signature-epstein-petition\/\">providing Democrats the 218th signature<\/a> needed to trigger a House vote on the discharge petition.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously suggested he would release documents related to JEpstein but has since backed away from that pledge, frustrating some of his own allies. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a fellow Georgian, recently urged Trump to follow through on the commitment, saying the American people deserve transparency.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3881825\/trump-criticism-marjorie-taylor-greene-lost-her-way\/\">publicly pushed back <\/a>on separate criticism from Greene tied to his decision to host Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa at the White House, an unusually sharp exchange between the president and one of his strongest allies. He dismissed her objections, telling reporters, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what happened to Marjorie&hellip; She&rsquo;s lost her way, I think.&rdquo; Greene has broken with Trump on multiple issues in recent months, including the Epstein files, underscoring a growing, and politically significant,&nbsp; tension inside his base.<\/p>\n<p>That tension is now spilling into Georgia&rsquo;s Republican Senate primary, where Carter, Collins, and Dooley are all seeking Trump&rsquo;s endorsement while navigating pressure from grassroots voters who want the files released.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carter has defended the president, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8UMdICSKga0\">telling News4JAX<\/a> in August that he&rsquo;s &ldquo;lockstep with the president&rdquo; and &ldquo;trusts his judgment.&rdquo; Collins has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMikeCollins\/status\/1894161736271331675\">been quieter<\/a> after previously writing on X: &ldquo;Release the Epstein files. Release the Las Vegas shooter files. Release the JFK files.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His leadership PAC fundraised off the issue earlier this year, and in a hot-mic exchange at a Muscogee County GOP meeting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3783270\/mike-collins-hot-mic-trump-is-in-epstein-files-doj\/\">obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>,<\/a> Collins told an attendee he believed Trump was &ldquo;in there&rdquo; when asked whether the president appears in the files, but only, he said,&nbsp;because Trump &ldquo;was the one that was telling the FBI about it,&rdquo; and had previously barred&nbsp;Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, according to audio later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?feature=shared&amp;v=-7I-BoWSIoQ\">posted to YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dooley has not taken a public stand on the topic. His campaign dismissed Ossoff&rsquo;s remarks as a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jon Ossoff will say and do anything to distract from his failure to represent the people of Georgia,&rdquo; said campaign spokesman Connor Whitney in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Collins&rsquo;s team did not address Ossoff&rsquo;s remarks directly and instead <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115538279653817159\">pointed to a recent post from Trump on Truth Social <\/a>dismissing renewed focus on Epstein as a &ldquo;hoax&rdquo; pushed by Democrats to distract from the shutdown. In the post, Trump warned that &ldquo;only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap&rdquo; and urged Republicans to focus solely on &ldquo;opening up our Country&rdquo; rather than responding to questions about the Epstein files.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carter&rsquo;s campaign did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3782002\/georgia-republicans-navigate-three-primaries-at-once-in-high-stakes-senate-race\/\"><strong>GEORGIA REPUBLICANS NAVIGATE THREE PRIMARIES AT ONCE IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Public frustration over the secrecy surrounding the Epstein investigation extends beyond party lines. A recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/2025\/10\/ajc-poll-shows-bipartisan-discontent-with-trumps-handling-of-epstein-files\/\"><em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em> poll <\/a>found that about 90% of Democratic primary voters and more than one-third of Republicans say they&rsquo;re dissatisfied with how much information has been made public.<\/p>\n<p>A discharge petition to release the Epstein files reached the 218 signatures needed on Wednesday, ensuring the issue will stay front and center as Georgia&rsquo;s Senate race intensifies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ossoff urges GOP rivals to back Epstein file release in 2026 race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2510032,"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\/11\/image-collage-1e9tprt5z-1762987253810.jpg?1762969330&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67004,51209,67003,47334],"class_list":["post-2510031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2026-georgia","tag-epstein-files","tag-gop-rivals","tag-ossoff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-1e9tprt5z-1762987253810.jpg?1762969330&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510031","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510035,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510031\/revisions\/2510035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}