Senate formally passes Epstein files release bill with unanimous consent

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KQTV) -- After verbally agreeing to pass a bill to release the Epstein files, the Senate kept its word Wednesday morning. The bill now heads to President Trump's desk.

House Resolution 4405, to release the files, was voted on by the House on Tuesday, passing 427-1, with the sole "no vote" cast by Clay Higgins, a Republican lawmaker from Louisiana.

"As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc," Higgins wrote on X. "If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt."

President Trump previously agreed to sign the bill as soon as it hits his desk, according to national news outlets.