In a longshot bid, Texas House Democrats will be offering an amendment that would block a Republican redistricting effort until files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are released, Axios reported.

While the effort is almost sure to fail in the Republican-controlled legislature, Democrats are trying to call attention to a matter that has become a headache for the Trump administration.

The legislation will be introduced by Texas Rep. Gene Wu, one of more than 50 legislators who left the state in an initial bid to delay the redistricting effort that could give Republicans an additional five seats in Congress.

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