The US House has officially voted in favour of the justice department to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
In an overwhelming result, the US House voted 427-1, meaning that the bipartisan bill will have to pass a Senate vote before President Donald Trump will have to sign it into law.
Despite the President going back and forth on his stance when it comes to the files, his name was mentioned numerous times in emails sent by the American financier naming him, even suggesting that he ‘knew about the girls’.
Epstein, a convicted paedophile and sex offender who took his own life in a New York prison cell six years ago while awaiting trial, has been one of the main topics of discussion since Trump began his second term in office.
Trump said on Sunday night that the Republicans in the House of Representatives should vote to release the files as ‘we have nothing to hide’, despite saying for weeks that a focus on releasing the files was a distraction driven by the Democrats.
Trump’s alleged friendship with Epstein has come under scrutiny (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
He took to social media after emails containing his name were leaked, saying: “The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects. Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap.
“The Democrats cost our Country $1.5 Trillion Dollars with their recent antics of viciously closing our Country, while at the same time putting many at risk — and they should pay a fair price.
“There should be no deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be focused only on opening up our Country, and fixing the massive damage caused by the Democrats!”
The US House has officially voted in favour of the justice department to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
In an overwhelming result, the US House voted 427-1, meaning that the bipartisan bill will have to pass a Senate vote before President Donald Trump will have to sign it into law.
Despite the President going back and forth on his stance when it comes to the files, his name was mentioned numerous times in emails sent by the American financier naming him, even suggesting that he ‘knew about the girls’.
Epstein, a convicted paedophile and sex offender who took his own life in a New York prison cell six years ago while awaiting trial, has been one of the main topics of discussion since Trump began his second term in office.
Trump said on Sunday night that the Republicans in the House of Representatives should vote to release the files as ‘we have nothing to hide’, despite saying for weeks that a focus on releasing the files was a distraction driven by the Democrats.
Trump’s alleged friendship with Epstein has come under scrutiny (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
He took to social media after emails containing his name were leaked, saying: “The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects. Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap.
“The Democrats cost our Country $1.5 Trillion Dollars with their recent antics of viciously closing our Country, while at the same time putting many at risk — and they should pay a fair price.
“There should be no deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be focused only on opening up our Country, and fixing the massive damage caused by the Democrats!”
