The only member to vote against the bipartisan bill to compel the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, GOP Representative Clay Higgins, explained his position on Tuesday, claiming the legislation was drafted in a way that could endanger innocent individuals.
It rejects America’s 250-year criminal justice system. After voting against the bill, he commented on X, “As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc.
Although House Speaker Mike Johnson and several Republicans had expressed similar reservations about the bill, Higgins’ formal vote against it marked a dramatic departure from the rest of the House, which approved it 427-1.
When the bill returns to the House, Higgins stated, “I will vote for it if the Senate amends it to appropriately address the privacy of victims and other Americans who are named but not criminally implicated.
That doesn’t seem likely. Johnson claimed to have discussed with Thune the possibility of changing the bill to better protect survivors after it passes the House, but Thune stated his chamber was unlikely to do so.
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