Republican Rep. Thomas Massie stood firm in his resolve to release more Epstein-related investigatory files amid criticism from the White House. The Kentucky congressman is currently trying to force a vote in the House to release more of the files and helped coordinate a massive press conference with Epstein survivors outside the Capitol Wednesday.
In an emailed statement to NBC News, the White House said that helping Massie “would be viewed as a very hostile act to the administration.”
“They’re threatening anyone who helps bring true transparency and justice for the survivors,” Massie wrote on X. “This is a tacit admission the Oversight Committee data release is woefully incomplete.”
The Oversight Committee released a trove of documents Tuesday, but was criticized because the vast majority of the information had previously been released to the public with similar redactions.
Massie maintains that the Trump White House could release more information on people who allegedly knew about or participated in Epstein’s sex crimes, but is choosing not to in order to avoid embarrassing those who were named.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) also had a retort for the White House when asked about the statement at Wednesday’s press conference.
“The hostile act has been against these women for so many years now,” Greene said. “That’s the real hostile act.”
She added that she encouraged Trump to host the Epstein survivors in the Oval Office, saying, “They deserve to be there.”