Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) took to the House floor Monday to publicly name more than a dozen individuals he identified as coconspirators of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Massie called for each named individual to face investigation and prosecution, making the declarations directly on the record in Congress.
“On the House floor tonight, I read the names of several Epstein coconspirators who should be investigated and prosecuted,” Massie wrote in a Monday night post on the social platform X.
Massie has been a central figure in the ongoing push to compel the release of files connected to Epstein, a disgraced financier who was convicted of sex trafficking before his 2019 death in federal custody.
The Kentucky Republican also announced he had begun collecting the 218 signatures required to file a discharge petition, a procedural move designed to force a full House vote on new transparency legislation.
“I also began collecting 218 signatures for the discharge petition to force a vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II,” Massie added in his post.
The effort represents a follow-up to legislation Massie previously spearheaded alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), which resulted in the partial release of Epstein-linked files after President Trump signed it into law.
On the House floor, Massie noted that it had “been a year since the president signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” underlining the slow pace of disclosures since the original law passed.
Critics and advocates of greater government transparency argue that a significant volume of Epstein-related documents remains withheld from the public, fueling continued political pressure on lawmakers to act.
The discharge petition strategy bypasses committee leadership and House leadership more broadly, allowing rank-and-file members to bring legislation directly to the floor if enough signatures are secured.
Massie’s bipartisan collaboration with Khanna on the original Epstein transparency bill attracted widespread attention, given the political divide between the two lawmakers on most other issues.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act II, if brought to a vote and passed, would compel the release of the remaining files still being kept from public view by federal authorities.
Massie’s floor speech and subsequent social media post drew significant attention online, renewing public debate over what the withheld Epstein documents may contain and who else could face legal scrutiny.
