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The prosecution was the last outstanding criminal case against the president after a pair of federal prosecutions were dropped earlier this year.
In 2023, a grand jury in Fulton County charged Trump and 18 others in a sweeping racketeering case, spurred in part by Trump's call to Georgia's secretary of state asking him to find votes.
Pete Skandalakis, director of the State Prosecuting Attorneys Council, took
over the case after a court disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fawnie Willis over an alleged conflict of interest stemming from an improper relationship with a special prosecutor.
Scandalakis found that the alleged criminal conduct was conceived in Washington, D.C., writing the federal government is the appropriate venue for this prosecution.
For weeks, President Trump and Republican House leadership fought a vote on the files.
But once a bipartisan petition got enough signatures to force the issue, Trump reversed.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the Republicans pushing the disclosure, saying the victims, some of whom were watching in the chamber, deserve transparency.
Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
For weeks, President Trump and Republican House leadership fought a vote on the files.
But once a bipartisan petition got enough signatures to force the issue, Trump reversed.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the Republicans pushing the disclosure, saying the victims, some of whom were watching in the chamber, deserve transparency.
The legislation must now pass the Senate.
If it does, Trump says he will sign it.
Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
House Speaker Mike Johnson administered the oath after weeks of declining to seat Grijalva while the House was not in session.
And for weeks, a special petition had been one vote short.
The files have come back to the forefront after House Democrats released emails suggesting President Trump knew about the sexual abuse Epstein was committing.