Republican lawmakers have largely joined Democrats in saying they want answers to the growing questions around Epstein, including whether others participated in his alleged sex trafficking ring using young women and underage girls.

But when it came time to vote on Raskin's motion, committee Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio quickly approved a Republican move to table it, or shoot it down before lawmakers could discuss it. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a lead sponsor of a resolution seeking to force the release of all the government's files on Epstein, was the only Republican siding with Democrats in opposing that move and supporting the subpoena effort.