Representative Thomas Massie may have lost his primary race, but he is far from done. The Kentucky Republican has made it clear that his final months in Congress he will be naming more people connected to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Massie recently lost his Republican primary to Ed Gallrein, President Donald Trump's personally chosen candidate, in what became the most expensive House primary election in US history, according to Newsweek.
Despite the loss, Massie plans to keep pushing Epstein file disclosures, which he believes is a significant victory. “I think six months ago, nobody ever thought we would be where we are now,” he told Politico in February 2026.
Massie was the only Republican to openly question Attorney General Pam Bondi during a hearing about the Epstein files, pointing to one redacted name that he believed looked suspicious.
Massie's fight over the Epstein files has exposed a growing crack within Trump's MAGA movement, according to Newsweek. Several of Trump's biggest allies, including former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, also broke with the president over the release of the files.
