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 authorities are investigating “various Democratic operatives.”
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 Tuesday on a petition calling for the release of criminal investigation files on Epstein.
Despite prior promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi and other Trump administration officials, the Justice Department has refused to release the investigation materials.
But the House Oversight Committee last week released emails showing Epstein and others talking about Trump.
Some Republicans, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, have criticized President Trump in recent weeks for his reluctance to release more material in the Epstein case, intensifying rifts within the party.
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 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.
