Trump Says House GOP Should Vote to Release Epstein Files

President Donald Trump said, “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files” on Sunday, saying that the party has “nothing to hide.”

The Details: The House is set to vote this week on a measure to release the files that was forced via a discharge petition. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) led the effort, which received signatures from four Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Many Republican representatives were reportedly expected to vote in favor of the file release before Trump’s statement.

For Context: Greene and Trump feuded publicly over the weekend after Trump called Greene “far left” and a “traitor.” Greene, who said she received death threats after Trump’s comments, attributed Trump’s targeting of her to her support for releasing the Epstein Files. On Friday, Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to several prominent Democrats. In September, the House Oversight Committee released more than 33,000 pages of documents tied to the investigation of Epstein, though almost all the content was already publicly available. On Wednesday, the committee released over 20,000 pages of documents provided by Epstein’s estate. Many other documents and materials pertaining to the Epstein investigation have been released throughout 2025.

Key Quotes: Trump wrote on Truth Social, “As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, 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, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown.’” He added, “Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein ‘TRAP,’ which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us.”

How The Media Covered It: Many outlets from the left and center prominently framed Trump’s move as a reversal and noted that it came as Republicans were reportedly expected to vote in favor of releasing the files. Outlets from the right generally did not do this, except for The New York Post (Lean Right bias), which described Trump’s comments as a “stunning reversal.”

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