Roger Marshall on the Epstein Files: The Vote to Table Release, the Bondi and Blanche Confirmations, and the Political Stunt Remark

Roger Marshall, the Republican U.S. senator from Kansas, voted on September 10, 2025 to table Senator Chuck Schumer's amendment directing the Attorney General to make the Jeffrey Epstein files public; the motion to kill it passed 51 to 49, with only two Republicans voting against tabling, NBC News reported. Marshall later called the amendment a "political stunt", the Kansas station KSNT reported, and in August 2025 he told Fox News Digital that Democrats pressing the issue showed "part of their psychosis".

Marshall voted to confirm Pam Bondi as Attorney General, whose Justice Department said in July 2025 that no more Epstein files would be made public, and voted twice to confirm Todd Blanche, as Deputy Attorney General in 2025 and as Attorney General on August 8, 2026, after Epstein survivors urged Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn to vote against him.

Roger Marshall's Votes and Statements on the Epstein Files

• Marshall Voted to Table the Amendment to Release the Epstein Files. On September 10, 2025, Roger Marshall voted yes on the motion to table the amendment to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available documents related to Jeffrey Epstein; it passed 51 to 49. The amendment, offered to the defense bill, mirrored bipartisan House legislation from Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, and Republicans Rand Paul and Josh Hawley joined all 47 Democrats against tabling it. Marshall later called the amendment a "political stunt" that held service members "hostage," KSNT reported on September 19, 2025.
• Marshall Voted Twice to Confirm Todd Blanche, Over Objections From Epstein Survivors. Marshall voted to confirm Todd Blanche as Deputy Attorney General on March 5, 2025 and as Attorney General on August 8, 2026, when Blanche was confirmed 50 to 49. Two dozen survivors wrote that Blanche "showed no remorse for the horrific release of materials that exposed survivors' identities and images" and gave no sign he intended to seek accountability beyond Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
• Marshall Voted to Confirm Pam Bondi, Whose Justice Department Said It Would Release No More Files. On February 4, 2025, Marshall voted to confirm Pam Bondi as Attorney General, 54 to 46. On July 7, 2025, her Justice Department said Epstein did not keep a "client list" and that no more files from the investigation would be made public, despite Bondi's earlier promises, the Associated Press reported.

What the Justice Department Roger Marshall Confirmed Did to Epstein Survivors

• Survivors say the Justice Department has failed them. After Blanche's 50 to 49 confirmation, survivor Liz Stein told The 19th that "it feels like we're the pawns being used in that game," describing a Justice Department she said was weaponizing the case.
• Survivors' identities were exposed in a botched release. Survivors wrote that the department under Blanche oversaw a release of materials that exposed survivors' identities and images, harm that falls on victims who had sought privacy for years.

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Last updated: 2026-10-28

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