Congressional Democrats want to shine a spotlight on the Jeffrey Epstein controversy and drive a wedge into a Republican Party now tearing itself apart over the issue. But relegated to the minority in both chambers, they’re dealing with a limited toolbox to put GOP members on the spot.
Democrats’ attempts to weaponize the swirling questions over Epstein have been stymied by the House majority’s moves to hamstring the minority party. One option provided for under chamber rules — the privileged “resolution of inquiry” — was quashed by House GOP leaders in April amid the scandal over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of an unclassified Signal…
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