A lone Republican has risked President Donald Trump‘s ire after voting with Democrats in a bid to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna pushed an amendment to upcoming crypto legislation that would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all Epstein-related documents.

Bondi would have to share the files on a ‘publicly accessible website’ within 30 days of passage.

However, the effort was foiled, failing five to seven, during a Monday night vote by the House Rules Committee, a group of lawmakers that generally sign off on legislation before it gets a final vote on the House floor.

The sensational files, which Trump promised to release while campaigning, will remain under lock and key at the Justice Department – for now.

The president, if he’s caught wind of the nail-bitting legislative maneuver, may be unhappy with how close this effort was to succeeding as he and his Cabinet members have worked to delegitimize calls for transparency in the high-profile case.

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