Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said that victims' accounts will compel lawmakers to vote on a bill requiring the Justice Department to release its files.

That's why the Democrat affirmed this Sunday that he has the necessary support in Congress to force a vote that could urge the administration to release files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex abuse mogul.

“We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans,” Khanna said on NBC about Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s efforts to drum up support from fellow Republican lawmakers.

Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who is co-leading the initiative, need 218 signatures to make it happen.

With all 212 Democrats backing them, only six Republicans are missing, Khanna said on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.”

Both congressmen have sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which would require a House vote on releasing Epstein records.

The California representative added that the news conference scheduled for Tuesday in The event, which will be attended by ten alleged victims of Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, “will be explosive” and will help gain new support.

“They will tell their story and they will clearly tell the American public that they want the Epstein files released for full disclosure,” Khanna said, noting that several of the victims have not spoken publicly before.

The victims’ appearances before the media will take place while Congress receives documentation related to the case of the tycoon, who committed suicide in prison in 2019 after being convicted as the leader of a sex trafficking ring.

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced on August 19 that it would release only some of the files, although not immediately, to protect the victims' identities.

The Epstein case has been at the center of American politics in recent months. During the last election campaign, US President Donald Trump promised that he would publish a supposed list of the tycoon's clients, but once in power, he has been more restrained.

This secrecy agitated the president's supporter bases after the Department of Justice stated in July that it would not publish more information about Epstein.

In parallel, Epstein's ex-partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for providing underage girls to the tycoon, recently met with Department officials and indicated that her ex-partner did not have a list of famous clients.