In a sudden political turn, President Donald Trump on Sunday urged House Republicans to release the rest of Jeffrey Epstein’s files, claiming on Truth Social that there was “nothing to hide,” contradicting Trump’s previous opposition.
Skeptics call this cynical. With a slim chance of Senate passage, President Trump is saving face for his recalcitrant MAGA base while evading scrutiny.
Last week, 23,000 documents that are part of the Justice Department’s archives exposed President Trump’s longstanding relationship with Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker and apparent Israeli intelligence operative.
The revelations also included a 2019 email saying, “Of course he (Trump) knew about the girls.” A 2011 memo to Epstein’s convicted sex-trafficking accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, added that Trump “spent many hours” with the trafficking victim at Epstein’s home, a claim Trump denies.
The US president recently dismissed the files as a “Democrat hoax,” but senior administration officials met with Rep. Lauren Boebert in the Situation Room and urged her to withdraw support for an expulsion petition to force a House vote to release the files. President Trump also pressured House Republicans to block the effort.
His July suspension sparked MAGA outrage and sparked a feud with former ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called him an “abusing lunatic” and a “traitor,” likely due to demands for transparency.
More than 100 Republicans, including Representatives Thomas Massie and Boebert, are currently sponsoring the Epstein File Transparency Act for a House vote this week.
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