The Hill
Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) broke with Senate Republican leaders Wednesday afternoon and voted in support of an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) directing the Department of Justice to release all unclassified records and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Most Republican senators voted to table the amendment, but Hawley and Paul’s votes underscore the deep divisions within the party over how to handle calls from President Trump’s MAGA base for more information related to Epstein.
“This has been my consistent position,” Hawley told reporters after voting. “My position has long been I think we ought to release those files and trust the American people, just like we did with the MLK files and the JFK files. I think this is a similar deal.”
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