{"id":48298,"date":"2025-10-08T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=48298"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:29:29","slug":"swalwell-republicans-planning-jail-break-revolt-over-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=48298","title":{"rendered":"Swalwell: Republicans planning \u2018jail break\u2019 revolt over Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2002<\/u><\/a>(D-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that dozens of Republicans may ultimately support legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s coming to an end guys. I\u2019ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they\u2019ve confided that Trump\u2019s movement\/support is fading. As one told me, \u2018this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no [one] wants to defend a pedo-protector. It\u2019s just a matter of time,\u2019\u201d Swalwell said in a thread<\/u><\/a> on the social platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne Republican just texted me that if there\u2019s a discharge vote on Epstein they expect a \u2018jail break\u2019 of over 100 members. Trump will go nuts!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent months, the Trump administration has faced intense pressure from both sides of the aisle over its handling of documents related to Epstein, who committed suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for alleged sex trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid his Chinese spy lover Fang Fang write this tweet?\u201d White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said of Swalwell when reached for comment. Jackson referenced<\/u><\/a> a suspected Chinese spy who targeted Swalwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Thomas Massie\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R-Ky.) has been pushing a discharge petition, which would force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files, alongside Rep. Ro Khanna\u2002<\/u><\/a>(D-Calif.). He suggested Sunday in a post on<\/u><\/a> X that House Speaker Mike Johnson\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R-La.) was keeping the House out of session to avoid the Epstein vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson has also delayed swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.), who would be the decisive vote on the discharge petition, joining all Democrats along with a handful of Republicans who have backed Massie\u2019s effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson has denied his decision on Grijalva is linked to her upcoming signature on the<\/u><\/a> discharge petition, saying instead she will join the House when the government shutdown is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back,\u201d Johnson said during a press conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R-Ga.) said she has faced more pressure over the petition to trigger a House vote compelling a release of files linked to Epstein than any other issue<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy signature is on that discharge petition, and there has not been another issue where I have ever received more pressure than that one, and I\u2019m pretty much shocked by it. I can\u2019t imagine \u2014 I\u2019ve never understood how this is an issue,\u201d Greene told NewsNation\u2019s Blake Burman on \u201cThe Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2002(D-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that dozens of Republicans may ultimately support legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  \u201cIt\u2019s coming to an end guys. I\u2019ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they\u2019ve confided that Trump\u2019s movement\/support is fading. As one told me, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":48299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[34880,25616,34881],"class_list":["post-48298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-jail-break-revolt","tag-epstein","tag-swervell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48300,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48298\/revisions\/48300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}