Summary
Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace kept her support for a petition to release the investigation files on Jeffrey Epstein, going against President Donald Trump's pressure to withdraw her name. Trump and his team had tried to convince her and another Republican, Lauren Boebert, to stop supporting the petition. The U.S. House of Representatives will now vote on whether to release the files.
Key Facts
- Nancy Mace is a Republican U.S. Representative.
- Mace supported a petition to release the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.
- President Trump pressured Mace to remove her support but she did not.
- A House vote will take place to decide on the release of the Epstein files.
- Trump claims the Epstein investigation is a "hoax" against him.
- The petition needed 218 signatures and got them when Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva signed it.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson must now schedule the vote.
