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Tom Massie took to the House floor Monday and did what the powerbrokers of Washington have spent years trying to avoid: Massie invoked the names of Epstein co-conspirators and introduced a second discharge petition to force the DOJ to stop obstructing the States.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act II, or EFTA II (H.R. 9694) attempts to harmonize loopholes in the original law that the DOJ has used to continue its stonewalling. Passed in 2025, the Epstein Files Transparency Act acquired 427 sponsors and a single opponent after Massie's initial discharge petition, and was meant to end the cover up. It failed. Attorney General Todd Blanche has been blocking state attorneys general from accessing unreleased documents, which has allowed victims to remain without justice, and accountability for key co-conspirators to remain evaded.
"I thought the nation's top enforcement official would uphold law, even after it was enacted, but that was clearly unfounded," Massie told The Washington Times. "This is somewhat unprecedented. This clearly gives state attorneys general the ability to prosecute these crimes. This provides state attorneys general with the unlimited ability to view the documents."
Massie made it clear that the DOJ would no longer be able to hide behind legal technicalities. The new act eliminates the department's ability to claim privileges or invoke common law injunctions to withhold records.
Massie named Leslie Wexner — identified by the FBI as a co-conspirator in child sex trafficking — as well as financier Leon Black and former Barclays CEO Jes Staley on the House floor. His speech became an instant blockbuster and within hours had racked up over 60 million views on X. The public appetite for accountability is real. The political will inside Washington, D.C. is not.
This is the real scandal. The original act has been in effect and millions of documents have been released. Federal prosecutors have looked at the documents and have walked away. There have been no arrests of major domestic figures. There have been no prosecutions. The DOJ is sitting on the evidence, claiming legal privilege, and betting the public will lose interest. Massie doesn't think that's going to happen.
With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Massie has proposed a bill that represents a rare example of true bipartisanship — not the "better to do nothing together" kind, but one that names powerful people who believe they are above the law.
EFTA II would enable state attorneys general, Epstein's survivors, and members of Congress to sue the U.S. Attorney General directly for failing to produce records, delaying them, concealing them, or improperly redacting them. New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez is already investigating Epstein's Zorro Ranch and has been blocked from accessing the files he needs.
Massie only needs three more Republican co-signers to reach 218 signatures and force the bill to the floor — if all Democrats sign on. After his floor speech cleared 60 million views, the political calculus for staying silent is getting more expensive by the hour.
The establishment protected Epstein while he was alive. The DOJ is doing a fine impression of continuing that protection now that he is dead. Massie is the one congressman forcing the question: who exactly is being protected, and why?
