President Donald Trump made clear late Sunday that he wants the House to pass legislation this week that would direct the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender, in a bid to get the issue off the table.
“House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, 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,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
The House Oversight Committee last week released tens of thousands of Epstein’s email correspondences, and a successful discharge petition forced Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to schedule floor consideration as early as Tuesday of a measure that would direct the Justice Department to release more files related to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of child sex trafficking.
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