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Massie making moves to get revenge on Trump. 

"A leading Republican critic of President Trump has begun a long-shot effort to force a vote on whether the administration should release files related to the case of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, deepening a G.O.P. rift on an issue that is foundational to the MAGA movement.

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, the lone House Republican who has been willing to regularly break with Mr. Trump on major policy matters, began a procedural maneuver on Tuesday night that could lead to a vote within weeks.

It comes as Republicans from Speaker Mike Johnson on down have called for the release of the files about Mr. Epstein, who died in federal custody while awaiting sex trafficking charges, despite Mr. Trump repeatedly and urgently pressing them to move on."

Massie making moves to get revenge on Trump. 

"A leading Republican critic of President Trump has begun a long-shot effort to force a vote on whether the administration should release files related to the case of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, deepening a G.O.P. rift on an issue that is foundational to the MAGA movement.

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, the lone House Republican who has been willing to regularly break with Mr. Trump on major policy matters, began a procedural maneuver on Tuesday night that could lead to a vote within weeks.

It comes as Republicans from Speaker Mike Johnson on down have called for the release of the files about Mr. Epstein, who died in federal custody while awaiting sex trafficking charges, despite Mr. Trump repeatedly and urgently pressing them to move on."

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