‘We have nothing to hide’: Trump takes a U-turn, backs release of Epstein files

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (Nov 16) that House Republicans should vote to release the files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite opposing the measure previously. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, the president also slammed Democrats for pushing the “hoax”. This comes after recently released emails written by the disgraced financier suggested that Trump “knew about the girls”, an allegation the Republican denied.

Trump wrote on Truth Social, “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, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown’”.

The 79-year-old president added that the Department of Justice has already started going through tens of thousands of pages and is looking at “various Democrat operatives”, including Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, and Larry Summers, and their relationship with Epstein.

“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,” Trump said.

Trump further claimed that all he cares about is that Republicans get “back on point”, focusing on the economy, affordability for Americans, rebuilding the military, securing borders, deporting illegal immigrants, and “stopping transgender for everyone”.

“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!” he said.

In another post, Trump claimed that Democrats “had the sleazy relationships with Epstein, and should be prosecuted!!!”

“It’s a Democrat Hoax for purposes of deflection, just like the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam!!!” he said, sharing a post by David Schoen, attorney representing Trump in his second impeachment trial.
“If Jeffrey Epstein had any dirt on Donald Trump, he would have had great leverage in the criminal case against him at the time he died. The fact that he unequivocally said he had none ought to shut down the false claims otherwise; but facts are no obstacle to political attacks,” Schoen said, defending Trump.