Both Democrats and Republicans readied for a unanimous vote this morning to pass a bill that would force a release of the case files relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .

But in the end, one man stood alone in opposition: Republican Representative Clay Higgins.

Higgins, who is in his fifth term representing a congressional district in south-west Louisiana, explained in a lengthy statement that he was "a principled 'NO' on this bill from the beginning".

He raised some of the same objections that House Speaker Mike Johnson, another Louisiana Republican, had with the bill, yet even Johnson said he would vote for it because, "None of us want to go on record and in any way be accused of not being for maximum transparency."

For Higgins, a fervent Trump supporter and a me

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