U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday voted in favour of making the Jeffrey Epstein files public.

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted billionaire sex offender following months of opposition from President Donald Trump and others within the Republican ranks.

The president said he will sign the bill if it passes the Senate.

The bill passed 427-1 with the lone vote against coming from Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican and steadfast supporter of Trump who also chairs a subcommittee that initiated a subpoena on the Justice Department for the Epstein files.

The vote ratcheted up increasing pressure on lawmakers and the Trump administration that the Justice Department release its ca

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