Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took her push for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files to a new level this week, vowing to “say every damn name” tied to the late financier’s trafficking network if victims asked her to.
Speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Greene joined Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a fellow Republican, and Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, in a bipartisan show of defiance against House leadership. The trio has rallied behind Massie’s “Epstein Files Transparency Bill,” which seeks to force the release of thousands of sealed records tied to Epstein’s operation. They were joined by nearly a hundred survivors who have pressed Congress to make public what the government still holds.
“The truth needs to come out and the government holds the truth,” Greene said. “The FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA hold the truth.” She accused federal agencies of sitting on files that could bring closure to victims and prevent future abuse, arguing that the partial document release earlier this week — some 33,000 pages — was inadequate because, as Democrats quickly pointed out, most of the material was already public.
The Georgia Republican cast her appeal as both personal and political. “It’s a scary thing to name names. But I will tell you, I’m not afraid,” she said. “If [survivors] want to give me a list, I will walk in that Capitol on the House floor and I’ll say every damn name that abused these women.”
Her remarks come as Republican leadership urges members to back the House Oversight Committee’s approach, which has been slowly negotiating with the Justice Department for files. Greene, along with Reps. Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace, is pressing instead for the more aggressive discharge petition — a procedural gambit that would force a floor vote if 218 lawmakers sign on.
The politics of disclosure have scrambled partisan lines. Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on Oversight, told The Independent he welcomed Greene’s support. “That’s good,” Garcia said. “Every day that goes by is one more day that women don’t get justice.” Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida echoed him: “It’s not about Democrat versus Republican. It’s about doing what’s right.”
But the push also highlights an ongoing clash with the Trump administration. The Justice Department and FBI issued a joint memo in July stating there was no evidence of a so-called “client list.” President Trump himself briefly endorsed releasing more files on the campaign trail, only to walk that back in recent weeks.
Epstein’s 2019 death in federal custody, ruled a suicide, continues to fuel suspicion about who knew what and when. For Greene and others, the pressure is simple: survivors want answers, and the political cost of ignoring them is growing.
“The American people deserve to know,” Greene said, thanking Massie and Khanna for crossing political lines. “We are demanding transparency. And we’re not going to stop.”
