2026年11月11日 美国东部时间下午2:10 / CBS新闻
华盛顿报道——共和党众议员托马斯·马塞已获得足够支持，将推动就一项法案进行投票，该法案旨在强制释放与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关的剩余司法部文件。
马塞于今年夏季发起了一项“ discharge petition”（ discharg petition为美国国会专有术语，指绕开多数党领袖、强制对法案进行投票的特殊请愿程序，此处保留专业译法框架），以绕过领导层程序，强制对名为《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案II》的法案进行投票。
若要将该法案提交至众议院全体会议表决， discharge petition需获得218个签名。该请愿于周三达到这一门槛：包括马塞在内的4名共和党议员，以及全部民主党议员均已签名。参与联署的其他共和党议员包括宾夕法尼亚州众议员布赖恩·菲茨杰拉德，以及南卡罗来纳州的南希·梅斯和拉尔夫·诺曼。
该法案的核心内容为：允许国会议员、州检察长及爱泼斯坦受害者就司法部未遵守《爱泼斯坦透明度法案》一事提起诉讼。《爱泼斯坦透明度法案》是近一年前议员们采用类似程序后签署成为法律的。
马塞指责司法部“公然且持续”无视该法案的披露要求。
他在7月的一份声明中表示：“司法部继续非法扣留应向公众公开的逾300万份爱泼斯坦文件。此外，司法部对正在披露的文件进行大量删改的做法也属于非法行为。”
House petition for new Epstein files bill gets enough support to force vote
November 11, 2026 / 2:10 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has secured enough support to force a vote on legislation that would compel the release of the remaining Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Massie launched a discharge petition over the summer to circumvent leadership and force a vote on the bill, known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act II.
In order to bring the legislation to the floor, the discharge petition needs 218 signatures. It hit that threshold Wednesday. Four Republicans, including Massie, and all Democrats have added their names. The other Republicans who signed on are Reps. Brian Fitzgerald of Pennsylvania, Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, both of South Carolina.
The underlying bill allows members of Congress, state attorneys general and Epstein survivors to sue the Justice Department for failing to comply with the Epstein Transparency Act, which was signed into law nearly a year ago after lawmakers pulled a similar maneuver.
Massie has accused the Justice Department of “flagrantly and consistently” ignoring the disclosure requirements of the law.
“The Department of Justice continues to unlawfully withhold over 3 million Epstein files that should be released to the public,” he said in a July statement. “In addition, the DOJ is unlawfully maintaining heavy redactions on the files it is releasing.”
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