Donald Trump calls on Republicans to vote to release Epstein files

[canetoad]

US President Donald Trump has called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide," Mr Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"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."

Members of the US Congress will this week vote on whether to publish unclassified documents linked to a sex trafficking probe into late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/trump-calls-epstein-vote/106018036

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Translation: The scrubbing of the files is complete. nt

[Walleye]

15. My thoughts, exactly

[Irish_Dem]

16. The only logical conclusion. His name has been erased from all of it.

[Silent Type]

2. If he's serious, he feels whatever remains after scrubbing is not as bad as speculation at this time.

And/or, he knows it’s going to pass anyway.

Enjoying him squirming.

[Irish_Dem]

17. He had to leave a few benign token references to him or it would look suspicious.

[writes3000]

3. Trump is so, so screwed. He will never get away from this.

[videohead5]

4. He must know

That the senate will not pass it because he can tell Bondi to release the files right now.

[Diraven]

9. This!

He doesn't need Congress to vote to release the files at all. He's just given them political cover before he inevitably gets it blocked in the Senate or just vetos the bill.

[JBTaurus83]

5. He knows it will pass

And wants to act like he told them to do it.

[Silent Type]

7. He is transparent on this kind of malarkey.

[The Roux Comes First]

13. Bingo!

They couldn't possibly have voted like this if I, His Excellency, had not sanctioned it!

[Coventina]

6. In other words: they've been scrubbed. n/t

[peggysue2]

10. Wow. Just wow.

There is no low for Trump or the completely compromised DOJ.

It's beyond sickening.

[UTUSN]

8. Yip, all shredded, bagged, and out a high window.

[GAtomboy]

11. Please save me from your theatrics

This POSPOTUS doesn’t get approval from congress for anything!!! If he wanted the files released so bad, he’d do what he always does, just decide as dictator that he calls the shots and does what he wants. I can’t wait to celebrate his demise!

[walkingman]

12. I would like for him to expand on "Great Success of the Republican Party". I haven't seen anything.

[Ocelot II]

14. It's a ruse. He'll veto it even if it passes.