represent Thomas Massey He may have lost his primary, but he’s far from done. The Kentucky Republican made clear he will nominate more people linked to deceased sex offenders in his final months in Congress Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite heavy losses, Massey plans to keep pushing for Epstein documents disclosure
Massey recently lost the Republican primary to Ed Garlain, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate, in what became the most expensive House primary in U.S. history, Newsweek reported. Trump has pushed for Massie’s ouster after he repeatedly broke with him on key issues, notably for co-authoring legislation that would have forced the release of Epstein documents.
But Massie will remain in Congress until his term ends in January, and he appears to have no intention of leaving quietly. When NBC’s Meet the media Asked directly by moderator Kristen Welker whether he planned to nominate more individuals linked to Epstein to the House, where lawmakers are legally protected from liability under the Constitution’s “Speech or Debate” Clause, Massie’s answer was simple. “Yes,” he reportedly told Welker. newsweek.
What Massie has done and what more does he want?
Back in February, Massie teamed up with political magazine and charts the progress the Epstein dossier push has made. According to that interview, approximately 3 million documents had been released at that time, which Massey called a major victory. “I don’t think anyone imagined six months ago that we would be where we are now,” he told Politico in February 2026. “We do have some evidence that, at least at some point, the government believed there was a conspiracy by Jeffrey Epstein to traffic women to other men. So now that’s a victory.”
Massey is only Republican to publicly question attorney general Pam Bundy During the hearings on the Epstein dossier. He pointed to a redacted name that he thought looked suspicious because he said it might suggest the FBI director Kashi Patel False testimony was given, while many other names were not removed. “I do think it’s really fishy,” Massie told Politico.
Despite that confrontation, Massey said at the time that he did not yet plan to pursue contempt proceedings against Bundy. “I don’t think there’s a need to pull a knife out of this argument right now because we’re winning,” he told Politico in February. “When the attorney general is reduced to a canned batch of insults, when the Department of Justice comes out with additional unedited responses to every tweet of mine, I don’t think I’m going to change what I’m doing.”
Massey’s push for Epstein creates new tensions among Trump supporters
Massey’s controversy over the Epstein dossier exposed growing rifts within Trump’s “MAGA” movement, Newsweek reported. Several of Trump’s biggest allies, including former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, also broke with the president over the release of the documents.
Massie said in a February 2026 interview with Politico that he had worked with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna to deliberately try to keep the Epstein issue bipartisan. “Throughout this whole thing, Ro Khanna and I were at pains to avoid this becoming a partisan fight, because if the question came down to who was more in the dossier, Bill Clinton or Donald Trumpit’s a classic food fight in Washington, D.C.,” he said.
As for Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to stop the Epstein affair, Massey didn’t mince words. “He decided that since these documents would not further implicate his case and exonerate him, we should move forward now,” Massey told Politico.
