The Republican-led US House voted on Tuesday to force the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, marking a turnaround for President Donald Trump, who had fought the move for months before abruptly dropping his opposition.
The measure sailed through the chamber on a 427-1 vote, two days after Trump’s reversal, and now heads to the Senate. The battle over the Epstein files had grown increasingly bitter inside the GOP, straining Trump’s relationships with some of his strongest allies.
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