President Donald Trump has reversed course to call for House Republicans to "vote to release" the files of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Breitbart reported. The president hopes this will allow the nation "to move on from this Democrat Hoax" that has been used to smear Trump as an alleged associate of his.
Republicans have been demanding the files that are thought to contain the names of Epstein's clients who may have abused the trafficking victims. Trump seems to have reversed course on this issue after getting blowback from both sides for dismissing the importance of this information.
Now, Trump is urging the vote to release the files and hopes to take the issue off the table. He said as much in a post to his Truth Social on Sunday to reiterate remarks he made on Friday about the next steps for Congress.
Trump had told reporters aboard Air Force One that he was in favor of the GOP voting 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," the president charged. Trump claimed it was all an effort to distract from Republican successes.
The president went on to say that "thousands of pages" were already released by the Justice Department on "operatives," including former President Bill Clinton, Democratic donor Reid Hoffman, and others with a "relationship to Epstein." Trump said moving on was imperative so that Republicans could get back to their job fighting the insanity of the left.
"All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, ‘Affordability’ (where we are winning BIG!), our Victory on reducing Inflation from the highest level in History to practically nothing, bringing down prices for the American People, delivering Historic Tax Cuts, gaining Trillions of Dollars of Investment into America (A RECORD!), the rebuilding of our Military, securing our Border, deporting Criminal Illegal Aliens, ending Men in Women’s Sports, stopping Transgender for Everyone, and so much more!" Trump went on. He then p;ointed out Democratic hypocricy on the issue.
"Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory. Some 'members' of the Republican Party are being 'used,' and we can’t let that happen. 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. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump concluded.
This reversal comes after Democrats attempted to use the files against Trump by insinuating he was somehow involved in Epstein's seedy behavior because the financier referred to him in his private emails, CNN reported. Of course, Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in April, never implicated Trump despite having worked as a locker room attendant at Mar-a-Lago.
With Trump's blessing, the files could soon be released as the House and Senate have both agreed to do so. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said as much in a statement on Tuesday. "Once the House passes the bill to release the Epstein files today, I will move for the Senate to immediately take it up and pass it — period," Schumer said.
"Republicans have spent months trying to protect Donald Trump and hide what’s in the files. Americans are tired of waiting and are demanding to see the truth," Schumer added.
Perhaps the elderly senator can be excused for forgetting that Trump has only been in office since January. Epstein has been dead since 2010, so there was no legal reason to hold off on releasing the files while then-President Joe Biden was in office, and yet Democrats like Schumer were not so adamant to have them released.
It's also suspicious that the left tried to throw everything at Trump while he was running for president, but they never could pin any of the Epstein crimes on him. Now they think they will get him this time, and Trump has decided to release the files to take the issue off the table.
Trump is wrong that only the Democrats care about this issue, but he's right to go ahead and release the files. The American people are demanding answers, and even if it's phony support, there's no bipartisan agreement that the time has come. Whether we'll finally get any real answers or revelations is another matter entirely, unfortunately.
