President Trump shifted his position Sunday, publicly urging House Republicans to support the full release of investigative files related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. This reversal follows his previous opposition to a legislative measure mandating the disclosure of these materials.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill requiring the Department of Justice to declassify all documents associated with the Epstein investigation. The vote was forced onto the floor via a discharge petition, which bypassed GOP leadership by securing the necessary 218 signatures last week.
The petition gained traction through a rare bipartisan coalition, including all 214 House Democrats and four prominent Republicans: Representatives Thomas Massie (KY), Nancy Mace (SC), Lauren Boebert (CO), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA). While the President previously criticized these GOP members for their involvement, his Sunday evening Truth Social post framed the disclosure as a strategic move to “move on” from what he characterized as a “Democrat Hoax.”
The push for transparency follows the House Oversight Committee’s recent release of over 20,000 pages of documents from the Epstein estate. Within these records, emails authored by Epstein prior to his 2019 death alleged that Trump was aware of his illicit activities. Specifically, a January 2019 email to author Michael Wolff claimed Trump had requested Ghislaine Maxwell cease recruitment efforts at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
