Brown dismisses unanimous-consent passage as no real vote
Sherrod BrownSenate candidate; CNN interview aired May 17
Sherrod Brown and Sen. Jon Husted answer CNN's Manu Raju about their votes on releasing the Epstein files, in an Inside Politics report aired May 17, 2026.
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Brown discounts unanimous consent and emphasizes the earlier contested amendment vote.
“Well, when there was no real vote, you know, you know better than that.”
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Other statements by Sherrod Brown in this case
- Brown approves ad attacking Husted's Epstein-files voteLater: Condemned
Where this statement fits
Sherrod Brown's campaign says Husted voted to keep the Epstein files secret; Husted's campaign disputes that account
Brown's campaign says Husted voted to keep the Epstein files secret. Husted's campaign points to the context of the September 2025 amendment vote and the later standalone disclosure law. The dispute concerns how those different Senate actions should be described.
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The bill history distinguishes Senate unanimous consent from a recorded roll-call vote.
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Raju notes the later Senate support.
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CNN aired the interview on May 17. The Senate's later action was passage by unanimous consent, rather than an individual roll-call vote.
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Brown rejects the later action as a sufficient defense of Husted's record.
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