Trump throws supports behind congressional effort to release Epstein documents

President Donald Trump on Sunday night threw his support behind the congressional effort to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "We have nothing to hide," he declared.

Trump made the endorsement -- a reversal after months of suggesting there was no reason to focus on the issue — as the House prepared this week for a vote that would authorize the release of Epstein records in the government's possession.

The president said the incessant focus on Epstein was undercutting the Republicans' ability to tout their successes on economic, security, and diplomatic issues.

"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 his Truth Social platform.

"The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the Public on “Epstein,” are looking at various Democrat operatives (Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, etc.) and their relationship to Epstein, and the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE!" he wrote.

"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!"