The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill to compel the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.
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President Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's crown prince to the White House to discuss trade and security deals. And, the House votes today on whether to force the release of long-awaited Epstein files.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance about whether the Justice Department's probe into Democrats' ties to Jeffrey Epstein will affect the potential release of the files.