Trump reverses stance on Epstein records, presses Republicans to support release
A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Nov. 12, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Republicans in Congress to vote to release files related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a sharp reversal from previous resistance within his inner circle.
“House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide,” Trump said in a lengthy post on his Truth Social account.
“And it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown’,” he added.
The President went on to say that the Department of Justice has already turned over “tens of thousands of pages” to the public on Epstein, and that officials were examining “various Democrat operatives.”
Trump’s statement comes as he faces growing pressure regarding his past ties to Epstein, who died by apparent suicide in August 2019 after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
The full House of Representatives is set to vote on a petition demanding the release of criminal investigative files about Epstein on Tuesday.
The DOJ has refused to make the investigative materials public, despite prior promises by Attorney General Pam Bondi and other Trump administration officials to do so.
However, the House Oversight Committee last week released emails that showed Epstein and others talking about Trump.
Some Republican representatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene had criticized Trump’s reluctance to release more Epstein case materials in recent weeks, escalating rifts in the party.
In his latest message on Truth Social, Trump argued that some “members” of the Republican Party were being “used,” and that the party needed to “get BACK ON POINT.”
Trump has denied having known about Epstein’s decades-long abuse of underage girls and young women and has stated the two had a falling out in the early 2000s.
