The Epstein Files, which have been a debated issue in recent months, have finally received the much-needed signatures to secure their release. According to The Guardian, the final signature came from Adelita Grijalva, who officially assumed office after taking her oath on Wednesday, November 12. This made her the two hundred eighteenth signatory from the House of Representatives to sign the Discharge Petition. This development now shall push for a vote compelling the Department of Justice to release the Epstein Files.Until now, the passing of the Discharge Petition was not possible because it lacked the final signature, that being of Adelita Grijalva, who won her seat in a special election following the death of her father, Raúl Grijalva Walker, earlier this year. A week after her victory, the US Government went into a complete shutdown, after which Speaker Mike Johnson refused to swear her in, a move that drew widespread criticism from all quarters. On Wednesday, shortly after being sworn in, Grijalva criticized the delayed swearing-in ceremony, stating:"It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona’s seventh congressional district elected me to represent them – 50 days that over 800,000 Arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves. This is an abuse of power.”More about the current situation regarding the possible release of the entire Epstein FilesOn the morning of Wednesday, November 12, some sections of the Epstein Files were released to the general public by the White House Oversight Committee, which had obtained them from the estate of the former Billionaire. According to NBC News, the newly released materials consist of a twenty-thousand-page document allegedly linking Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.The document is from a conversation between the former financier and several other individuals, including journalist Michael Wolff and Ghislaine Maxwell, in which Epstein references President Donald Trump multiple times. In one such exchange, he referred to Donald Trump, who has consistently denied any wrongdoing during his one-time association with Jeffrey Epstein, as "the dog that hasn’t barked." Karoline Leavitt, the White House Press Secretary, criticized the White House Oversight Committee for releasing such files containing Donald Trump's name, calling it an alleged attempt to deflect from the real issue. She said:"These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again. They selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. These mails prove absolutely nothing, other than fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.The final floor vote to decide on the release of the entirety of the files was initially scheduled to take place next month, in December. However, according to The Guardian, the vote will now happen next week, as revealed by Mike Johnson, who stated that they were going to put the motion to a full vote sometime next week.