One GOP Rep Opposed Epstein Petition: ‘Principled No’
19th November 2025
Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., was the lone House member to vote against the measure compelling release of thousands of unclassified documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein, insisting the bill remains dangerously flawed despite overwhelming bipartisan support.
Higgins said he has been a “principled ‘NO'” from the start, arguing the legislation “abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure” and threatens to expose innocent people swept into past investigations.
“As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people — witnesses, family members, people who provided alibis,” Higgins said in a statement on X. “Released to a rabid media, it will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote.”