India, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act Act by a vote of 427-1, compelling the Department of Justice to release all unclassified materials related to the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Clay Higgins, a Republican U.S. Congressman representing Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District, was the sole "no" vote in the House.

In a statement posted on X, Clay Higgins wrote, "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 provided alibis, family...