Will all the materials in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation see the light of day after Congress ordered its release? There's reason for doubt.

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The White House quietly lobbied senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

More Epstein fallout: Former Democratic official Larry Summers will step back from teaching as Harvard looks into his ties with Epstein. Watch his speech to students here. An explosive split between Trump and a Republican lawmaker is shaking MAGA. The CDC is promoting a false vaccines-autism link it once discredited.

The final House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act was 427-1. U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana was the sole no vote.

Virginia’s U.S. senators spoke about several major developments in Washington DC, including President Trump’s decision to approve the release of the Epstein files.

The House Oversight Committee released about 20,000 pages of emails and texts from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate documenting his contacts and projects in the months before his 2019 arrest and death, and the release prompted criticism and renewed calls to unseal Department of Justice files.

Paul Gigot leads a panel discussion on 'Journal Editorial Report' to discuss President Donald Trump's push to release all files relating to the investigation of Jeffery Epstein.