Three Republicans defied GOP leaders to vote in favor of subpoenaing files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The House Oversight Committee will subpoena the Justice Department to release files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a committee spokesperson. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports on the group of Republicans who joined Democrats to pass the motion.

A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes.

President Donald Trump denied that he was briefed on his name appearing in the case files of Jeffrey Epstein, seeming contradicting a recent report in The Wall Street Journal that he was. After Air Force One landed in Scotland on Friday,

Trump and his aides are staying silent to deflect criticism over his refusal to release Epstein investigation files, a senior official says.