House Republicans say there is “a misunderstanding” about the failed vote on Tuesday that Democrats linked to demanding the Department of Justice compile and release files regarding Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats pledged to revive an Epstein disclosure amendment from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) that was shot down Monday in the House Rules Committee after he sought to merge his measure with an unrelated crypto bill — if a procedural floor vote went their way. But it did not succeed.

While the result has been widely cast as the House Republicans uniting to prevent the release of the Epstein files, some GOP members pushed back on that narrative.

“I gotta correct something real quick,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said in a “Benny Show” interview. “It’s being reported that House Republicans unanimously voted to block the release of the Epstein files, and I want to straighten out the record right now. That is not true. If I could vote … to release the Epstein files, guys, you would have my vote. I would vote ‘yes.'”

Greene spoke about the mechanics of what happened.

“It was a procedural vote. And we have these all the time. It’s called a ‘PQ.’ It’s voting on the previous question,” Greene said. “If the Democrats had won the previous question, which I know sounds insane — it’s one of these crazy rules in the House that are hard to understand — that means they would control the House floor.”

The congresswoman then contended that if Democrats had gotten their way, it could have paved the way to all sorts of votes beyond the Epstein issue.

“And that means they could bring up anything,” Greene said. “They could bring up impeachment articles against President Trump. They could bring up a whole package of insane Democrat agenda items and force votes on the House floor on these things. That’s what we voted against. We never allow Democrats to have control of the House floor because we control the House floor. So, it’s a misunderstanding that I just wanted to straighten that out.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) issued a similar explanation in a post on X.

“The House GOP conference as a whole did not vote to block the release of the Epstein files,” Luna said. “There was a procedural vote that, if failed, would have given Democrats control of the House. If you pull up the ‘previous question’ language you will not find anything re: Epstein. Liars never cease to disgust me.”

In response, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) claimed Luna was not entirely correct.

“Respectfully, [Luna], this is not accurate. If you pull up the ‘previous question’ language in tomorrow’s congressional record you will find the following, which you voted against,” McGovern said, sharing a screenshot of text on the Epstein files amendment.

Khanna’s amendment did get the support of a single Republican — Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) — in the House Rules Committee, but the rest of the Republicans voted “nay” and it was defeated.

The California Democrat later clarified that his measure pertaining to Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls, would “of course protect” the identity of any victims.

President Donald Trump has expressed support for Attorney General Pam Bondi and seemed to dismiss the uproar within the “Make America Great Again” movement after the Department of Justice claimed it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered.

“One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Still, there are many people who remain skeptical that the Department of Justice is being completely forthcoming.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a separate “Benny Show” interview on Tuesday that he supports “transparency” with regard to the Epstein issue and called on Bondi to be more forthcoming to inform the American public what happened after she hinted earlier this year that major bombshells were about to be revealed that never materialized.

President Donald Trump championed over $90 billion in fresh energy and artificial intelligence investments in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

Trump led the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy & Innovation Summit, accompanied by top tech and energy leaders, as well as Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and members of his Cabinet.

“This afternoon, 20 leading technology and energy companies are announcing more than $92 billion of investments in Pennsylvania,” said Trump. “This is a really triumphant day for the people of the commonwealth and for the United States of America.”

“The investments being announced this afternoon include more than $56 billion dollars in new energy infrastructure, and more than $36 billion dollars in new data center projects. And a lot more than that are going to be announced in the coming weeks,” he said.

The Trump administration has prioritized the development of both AI and energy in a bid to lead the world in the advance of the next major technological breakthrough. The administration has placed special emphasis on the need to compete with China in AI development.

“We’re here today because we believe that America’s destiny is to dominate every industry and be the first in every technology, and that includes being the world’s number one superpower in artificial intelligence,” the president said.

“We are way ahead of China,” he added. “I have to say we’re way ahead of China, and the plants are starting up, the construction is starting up.”

The tens of billions in investments to pour into the Keystone State include a $25 billion commitment from Blackstone Inc. Blackstone plans to build AI centers, as well as energy infrastructure to help power those centers.

“What makes us so excited about this area is that you can co-locate the data centers next to the source of power,” Blackstone President Jon Gray said Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. “The special sauce here is putting these together, because building transmission lines, pipelines — that’s really difficult.”

The Trump administration has leaned hard into increasing fossil fuel energy production in the United States to keep pace with the surging power demand of expanding AI centers. Data centers have increased the pressure on the United States’ already strained grid.

The Energy Department released a report earlier this month warning “that blackouts could increase by 100 times in 2030 if the U.S. continues to shutter reliable power sources and fails to add additional firm capacity.”