By NBC News
President Donald Trump on Sunday called on House Republicans to support the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, dramatically changing course on a flashpoint issue he has long opposed.
“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 wrote on Truth Social.
Just last week, Trump had called the efforts to release the files a “hoax,” saying Democrats were bringing them up to “deflect how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown.”
In the post, Trump said the Justice Department has already released “tens of thousands” of pages on Epstein and noted his recent move directing the Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s relationship with notable Democrats such as former President Bill Clinton. Trump’s ask followed a tranche of emails mentioning figures on both sides of the aisle, including the president himself.
A Clinton spokesperson told NBC News on Friday that the released emails “prove Bill Clinton did nothing and knew nothing.”
