Top administration officials met with Boebert about House vote on release of Epstein files: Sources
Top administration officials met with Rep. Lauren Boebert Wednesday morning about the effort to force a House vote on the release of Justice Department's Epstein files, multiple sources told ABC News.
The meeting, with top White House and Justice Department officials, was part of an effort to get Boebert to remove her name from the petition to release the files, the sources said.
It came just hours before House Speaker Mike Johnson swore in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who then added the final signature to the petition to force a vote on the release of the files.
Boebert ultimately kept her signature on the petition.
She was one of four Republicans who signed it, joining Reps. Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
In a statement on X, Boebert said, "I want to thank White House officials for meeting with me today. Together, we remain committed to ensuring transparency for the American people."
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel were among those present for the meeting, the sources said.
The White House and Boebert's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.
CNN was first to report that a meeting was planned for Wednesday.
The Trump administration has been dealing with the fallout from its decision not to release materials related to the investigation into Epstein, the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who died by suicide in jail in 2019, following the blowback it received from MAGA supporters after it announced in July that no additional files would be released.
