GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert is not expected to remove her name from the petition that would force a vote on compelling the administration to release all the Jeffrey Epstein case files after a meeting at the White House, a source familiar with the meeting told CNN.
Boebert had previously told CNN’s Manu Raju as much on September 16, saying “no” when asked if there was “any way you take your name off the Epstein discharge petition?” She also said at the time, “I’m not getting pressured” from the White House.
Separately, President Donald Trump and GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, another GOP signer on the petition, have been playing phone tag. Mace previously told CNN’s Raju rumors that she were planning to remove her name from the petition were untrue.
Boebert and Mace are two of three Republicans who are supportive of an effort from Reps. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, and Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, to force a vote on the release of the files on the House floor. The pair is set to receive the 218th decisive signature from Rep. Adelita Grijalva Wednesday afternoon, allowing the push to force a vote to move forward.
Asked at Wednesday’s press briefing about the meeting with Boebert, press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded: “Doesn’t it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress whenever they please? Doesn’t that show our level of transparency? Doesn’t that show the level of transparency when we are willing to sit down with members of Congress and address their concerns? That is, that’s a defining factor of transparency, having discussions, having discussions with members of Congress about various issues. And I’m not going to detail conversations that took place in the Situation Room, in the press briefing room.”
CNN has reached out to Boebert for comment.