Yesterday (November 18), the House of Representatives officially voted the Epstein Files Transparency Act through in a near unanimous vote.

Only 1 politician, Republican Rep. Clay Higgins, voted “no.” The 64-year-old explained why, but his explanation was quickly community noted on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Keep reading to find out more…

He posted, “I have been a principled ‘NO’ on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the House.”

It was quickly community noted, which you can read below.

By the way, on Tuesday (November 18), the Senate agreed to unanimously approve the Bill and send it directly to Trump to sign. There will be no amendments to the bill.