Trump reverses course, urges GOP to release Epstein files after days of party turmoil

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00:00A late-night reversal from President Trump has upended one of the most volatile fights

00:07on Capitol Hill, the push to force the release of all remaining Jeffrey Epstein files.

00:12After days of pressuring Republicans not to move forward, the president is now urging

00:17them to vote yes.

00:18On Truth Social, Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files because,

00:23quote, we have nothing to hide.

00:24He also called the Epstein fight a, quote, Democrat hoax and said it's time for the

00:30GOP to move on.

00:31The turnabout comes after a week of mounting pressure and a very public feud with one of

00:37his most loyal allies, Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, referring to her as a, quote,

00:42traitor and disgrace to our great Republican Party on Saturday.

00:47Then again last night as a traitor that no one cares about.

00:51Words that clearly stung.

00:52The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor.

00:58And that is, that is so extremely wrong.

01:02And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my

01:09life in danger.

01:10Greene told CNN she's now done with toxic rhetoric.

01:14I would like to say humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.

01:22It's, it's very bad for our country.

01:25And I've, it's been something I've thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was

01:30assassinated, is that we, I'm only responsible for myself and my own words and actions.

01:37And I am going, I am committed and I've been working on this a lot lately to put down the

01:44knives in politics.

01:45I really just want to see people be kind to one another.

01:49The falling out follows days of vitriol from Trump and a growing block of conservatives,

01:54Greene among them, pushing to release the files, despite his earlier opposition.

01:59But the momentum was already shifting.

02:01A bipartisan discharge petition hit 218 signatures, forcing a vote this week, something the White

02:08House had tried to avoid.

02:09On ABC, Republican Thomas Massey, co-author of the bill, said GOP support is surging.

02:15I think we could have a deluge of Republicans.

02:18There could be a hundred or more.

02:20I'm hoping to get a veto proof majority on this legislation when it comes up for a vote.

02:25And, you know, the president's been saying this is a hoax.

02:28He's been saying that for months, but in 2030, he's not going to be the president and you will

02:33have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release these files and the president

02:38can't protect you.

02:39Then this, this vote, the record of this vote will last longer than Donald Trump's presidency.

02:44But Speaker Mike Johnson, one of Trump's strongest offenders, says the president is not worried

02:50about the issue.

02:51He had nothing to do with it.

02:52President Trump has clean hands.

02:54He's not worried about it.

02:55I talk to him all the time.

02:56He has nothing to do with this.

02:57He's frustrated that they're turning it into a political issue.

03:00And it's not surprising because the Democrats have nothing else to talk about.

03:03What have they accomplished in 10 months?

03:05Epstein is their entire game plan.

03:06The vote could come as early as tomorrow.

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