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Rep. Ashley Hinson Accepted $90K, Voted for Epstein Release

7/31/2026

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Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) accepted nearly $90,000 from billionaires named in the Jeffrey Epstein files while she worked to delay their release.
Her campaign and two PACs took $30,500, with $7,000 each from Stephen Schwarzman and Marc Rowan and $12,000+ from Howard Lutnick.
Hinson refused Rep. Thomas Massie’s discharge petition, leaving it one signature short for two months, later voting with Iowa Republicans to pass the release bill on Nov. 18.

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Story summary

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) accepted nearly $90,000 from billionaires named in the Jeffrey Epstein files while she worked to delay their release.
Her campaign and two PACs took $30,500, with $7,000 each from Stephen Schwarzman and Marc Rowan and $12,000+ from Howard Lutnick.
Hinson refused Rep. Thomas Massie’s discharge petition, leaving it one signature short for two months, later voting with Iowa Republicans to pass the release bill on Nov. 18.