Wednesday was a big day for the Jeffrey Epstein story, with the surfacing of emails that were incriminating about Trump’s ties to Epstein.
And then, later in the day, the House finally secured the votes to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which, per CBS News, would compel the Justice Department to release files related to the Epstein case.
“All House Democrats and four Republicans have added their names. Thomas Massie, GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado have signed on,” CBS News said. “Two special elections in Virginia and Arizona in September provided the final two signatures from Democrats to reach the 218 threshold.”
BREAKING: The NYT is reporting that Trump personally called Republican Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace to try to get them to remove their signatures on the Epstein File Discharge Petition.
Mace didn’t pick up, and Boebert reportedly doesn’t plan on removing her name. pic.twitter.com/qr9NnEGf0J
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) November 12, 2025
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Mace, Greene, and Boebert have histories of being staunch Trump loyalists, although Greene’s loyalty has certainly wavered in recent months.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported that the White House leaned on Boebert and Mace on Wednesday, with Boebert summoned to a meeting in the White House Situation Room- a strange place for such a political meeting to take place.
BREAKING: CNN is reporting that Trump held a meeting in the Situation Room (Yes, THE SITUATION ROOM!) with Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, and Lauren Boebert over the House effort to force the release of the DOJ’s Epstein files!
They are panicking big time! They are literally… pic.twitter.com/tfvQ9M4z87
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) November 12, 2025
“She was summoned to sit down with top Justice Department and F.B.I. officials, according to two people familiar with the matter. One of the people said the session included Attorney General Pam Bondi and the F.B.I. Director Kash Patel,” the Times said. “Both people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the private discussions.”
The story also said that Trump had been trying to get in touch with Mace, but hadn’t yet. Mace then posted an odd, long post to X, in which she began with “the Epstein petition is deeply personal,” laid out her own history of suffering from sexual assault, and then finished by pivoting to, “as a survivor I will defend every last attack on President Trump to the death, everywhere.” However, she did make clear she signed the petition.
The Epstein petition is deeply personal. When I was 14 I was molested by a friend of one of my coaches and sexually assaulted at 16. I was violently mugged months later. I dropped out of high school at 17 because I had nothing left to give. But God helped me turn things around.…
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) November 12, 2025
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