After House Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt to get the Trump administration to release files related to the investigation of convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) raged on social media and compared Epstein to gay disgraced former congressmember George Santos.America deserves the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and the rich powerful elites in his circle, she wrote shortly after her party blocked a measure to do just that. The line is drawn with anyone who abuses children and vulnerable innocent people. Related Rightwingers who call LGBTQ+ people groomers are worried Trump might soon be outed as a pedophile Theyre already crying conspiracy theory. When George Santos is going to prison for 7 years but Epstein only served 13 months, our justice system is CORRUPT!!! Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today America deserves the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and the rich powerful elites in his circle.The line is drawn with anyone who abuses children and vulnerable innocent people.When George Santos is going to prison for 7 years but Epstein only served 13 months, our justice system Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) July 15, 2025Her post follows the failure of an amendment offered by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) to a cryptocurrency bill that would have required Attorney General Pam Bondi to retain, preserve, and compile any records or evidence related to any investigation, prosecution, or incarceration of Jeffrey Epstein and then publish those records not later than 30 days after the bill is signed into law.That measure failed in the House Rules Committee, where all four Democrats voted for it but seven Republicans voted against it, including committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC). Rules voted 5-7 to block the full House from voting on my amendment to have a FULL release of the Epstein file. People are fed up. They are fed up. Thanks @RepRalphNorman. Need to put the American people before party! pic.twitter.com/HCdIutV5Sv Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 15, 2025At issue is the administrations refusal to release records associated with the investigation of Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minors. While the medical examiner determined that his death was a suicide, many people, especially on the right, do not believe that it was, instead asserting that he was killed to keep him silent about the clients for whom he found children to sexually abuse.Many officials associated with Trump had spent years repeating the same rumors, and Trump himself said repeatedly in 2024 that the Epstein list needed to be released.In February, Attorney General Bondi said that she was reviewing a lot of names related to the Epstein investigation and said that the Epstein list is sitting on my desk right now to review.But last week, the Department of Justice released a memo that said there was no secret client list and reaffirmed the 2019 finding that Epstein died by suicide. Many Trump supporters were outraged that the rumored client list wouldnt be released, while many on the left speculated that the reason Bondi wasnt releasing it is because Trump himself or at least high-ranking members of his administration is on it. Trump had a decades-long friendship with Epstein and joked about how his friend was fun and terrific and liked women on the younger side. Trump has also been found liable for sexual abuse by a jury, has admitted to sexually assaulting women in the past, and has admitted to walking in on underage girls as they changed clothes. He has been accused of sexual assault or other forms of sexual impropriety by at least 27 women. The American people deserve to know the truth, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said yesterday. What, if anything, is the Trump administration and the Department of Justice hiding?In the past week, Trump has been particularly irritable that his base is still demanding the release of the Epstein list. Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guys been talked about for years, he snapped at reporters asking about Bondis memo last week. Are people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable.Greene has been outspoken in her support of releasing documents related to the Epstein investigation. Since shes not on the House Rules Committee, she couldnt vote on Khannas amendment.Her X post refers to Epsteins first conviction on a charge of sex trafficking a minor in 2008, where he took a plea deal for 18 months in prison in exchange for a guilty plea. He served just under 13 months of that sentence before being released into probation on house arrest for another year. Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), the first out LGBTQ+ Republican elected to Congress, was expelled from the House in 2023 after less than a year in the chamber, after numerous reports about the many alleged fraudulent schemes he ran and the lies he told to get elected. He pleaded guilty in 2024to two criminal counts related to various schemes to fraudulently enrich himself, and he was sentenced to 87 months in prison earlier this year. He is expected to turn himself in to federal custody on July 25.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.