Trump Stuns GOP, Demands Epstein Files Be Released Despite His Own Pushback

US President Donald Trump stunned Washington with a sudden reversal, urging House Republicans to vote for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files after resisting the push for days. His shift intensified GOP infighting, escalated tensions with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and emboldened lawmakers pushing for full transparency as they predict a major victory in the House. The dramatic turn comes as newly surfaced documents revive questions about Epstein’s network and as the White House accuses Democrats of selectively leaking material to target the president. The fight over the Epstein files has now evolved into one of the most volatile political clashes inside the Republican Party.
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00:00A political jolt hit Washington on Sunday night when President Donald Trump abruptly

00:13urged House Republicans to vote for releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files – a sharp reversal

00:19after days of resistance and rising turmoil inside his own party.

00:25The shift, posted moments after he landed at Joint Base Andrews, marked one of the rare

00:30instances in his return to office where internal GOP pressure forced him to back down.

00:37We have nothing to hide, and it's time to move on from this Democrat hoax perpetrated

00:42by radical left lunatics, Trump wrote, signalling he now believes the measure has enough Republican

00:48votes to pass the House, even as its path in the Senate remains uncertain.

00:54I don't care.

00:55All I do care about is that Republicans get back on point, he added, a nod to an increasingly

01:01ugly internal fight, particularly with Repiel Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of his closest

01:06allies.

01:10Hours earlier in Florida, Trump lashed out at the media and Rep Roar Thomas Massey for downplaying

01:15his administration's successes by pushing for a full release of Epstein documents.

01:20Mr. President, Representative Massey says he's concerned that the Epstein probe you are

01:25calling for could be a smokescreen to longer leave some more files.

01:30Is that the case?

01:31Well, I don't want to talk about it because fake news like you, you're a terrible reporter,

01:36and fake news like you, they just keep bringing that up to deflect from the tremendous success

01:42of the Trump administration.

01:43So a guy like Massey, his poll numbers are showing us at 6% approval rating right now,

01:49and we call him Rand Paul Jr. because he never votes for the Republican Party.

01:55So they're using Jeffrey Epstein as a deflection from the tremendous success that we're having

02:02as a party.

02:03Despite Trump's pushback, lawmakers backing the bill predicted a sweeping House victory.

02:10Massey said 100 or more Republicans may support it, hoping for a veto-proof majority.

02:16The measure, introduced through a rare discharge petition by Massey and Reps Ro Khanna, would

02:23force the Justice Department to release all files and communications related to Epstein, with

02:28only victim identities and ongoing investigations eligible for redaction.

02:35The discharge petition reached the crucial 2 at 18 signatures last week when Reperor Adelita

02:41Grykalva was sworn in, a moment Democrats allege GOP leaders tried to delay.

02:47The move embarrassed Speaker Mike Johnson, who had attempted to derail the push by sending

02:52lawmakers home early for recess.

02:57Trump privately pressured GOP signatories, including Reperor Lauren Boebert, who met officials

03:02in the White House Situation Room, but momentum continued to build.

03:07Meanwhile, newly surfaced documents, including a 2019 email in which Epstein claimed Trump knew

03:13about the girls, intensified partisan tension.

03:17The White House accused Democrats of selectively leaking the material to smear the President.

03:24The feud took a personal turn as Trump publicly cut ties with Green, vowing to endorse a challenger

03:31against her in 2026.

03:33Trump's growing feud with Green has become one of the most explosive subplots of the Epstein

03:39documents battle.

03:41Once one of his fiercest and most loyal defenders, Green broke with the President by signing the

03:47discharge petition and publicly urging full transparency.

03:51A move Trump saw as a direct challenge to his authority.

03:58The party's fracture over the Epstein files has now grown into a full-scale test of Trump's

04:03authority, with Republicans preparing for a vote that could expose deeper divides and force

04:09long-hidden secrets into public view.

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