India, Nov. 19 -- With near-unanimous support, nearly every member of both Democrats and Republicans voted to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which would require the federal government to publicly release as much information as possible about Jeffrey Epstein's case files. However, one congressman, Clay Higgins, opposed the House vote, and his stance has attracted a massive backlash on social media.

Taking to X after the voting, he posted, "I have been a principled 'NO' on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people - witnesses, people who prov...