A demonstrator holds a sign regarding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025.
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Republicans in Congress to vote in favor of releasing files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a sharp reversal from previous resistance within his inner circle.
“House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein file because we have nothing to hide,” President Trump said in a lengthy post on his Truth Social account.
“And it’s time to move on from this Democratic hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics to distract from the great successes of the Republican Party, including the recent victory over the Democratic Party’s ‘shutdown,'” he added.
The president went on to say that the Justice Department has already released “tens of thousands of pages” about Epstein to the public and that officials are investigating “various Democratic operatives,” including former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
Clinton’s press secretary did not immediately respond to a request for comment following President Trump’s late-night Truth social post.
President Trump’s statement comes amid mounting pressure over his past relationship with Epstein, who died in an apparent suicide in August 2019 after being arrested on child prostitution charges.
The full House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Tuesday on a bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna that would require the release of criminal investigation files on Epstein.
The Justice Department had refused to release the investigation materials, despite prior promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi and other Trump administration officials.
But the House petition garnered enough support, including from allies of Mr. Trump such as Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Lauren Boebert, to force a vote on the bill.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a former Trump ally, also signed the petition, criticizing Trump’s reluctance to release more material on the Epstein case, sparking a major rift with the president over the weekend.
In his latest message on Truth Social, President Trump claimed that some Republican “members” are being “taken advantage of” and that the party needs to “come to its senses.”
President Trump singled out Greene in another post late Sunday, calling her a “traitor.” On Saturday, Greene accused the president of attacking her as part of an effort to “make a show” of her and “scare all the other Republicans” ahead of the House vote on the Epstein file.
President Trump has denied knowing about Epstein’s decades-long abuse of underage girls and young women, saying the two had a falling out in the early 2000s.
But the House Oversight Committee last week released thousands of emails showing Epstein and others talking about Trump. However, in the email files, Epstein did not explicitly accuse President Trump of wrongdoing or misconduct.
