Trump urges House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files

President Trump is calling on House Republicans to vote to release records related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he has “nothing to hide” and accusing Democrats of using the case to distract from the Republican Party’s accomplishments.

In an article published Sunday on Truth Social, Trump urged House Republicans to vote to release the documents, describing the controversy as a “Democratic hoax perpetrated by radical left-wing lunatics.”

“As I said Friday night aboard Air Force One to the fake media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it is time to put aside this Democratic hoax perpetrated by the crazies of the radical left in order to distract from the great success of the Republican Party, including our recent victory over the Democratic shutdown,” Trump wrote.

WHITE HOUSE SLAMS RELEASE OF DEMS’ “BAD FAITH” EPSTEIN DOC AS DEMAND FOR FILES INTENSIFIES

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One as it departs Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 16, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pointed to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) previous release of thousands of pages of documents related to Epstein.

He also noted that the agency was investigating possible ties between Epstein and “Democratic operatives,” including former President Bill Clinton, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

“The House Oversight Committee can have everything they are legally entitled to, I don’t care!” » Trump said.

He added: “All I care about is Republicans getting back on point, which is the economy, affordability (where we win BIG!), our victory in reducing inflation from the highest level in history to virtually nothing, lowering prices for the American people, delivering historic tax cuts, winning trillions of investment dollars in America (A RECORD!), rebuilding our military, securing our border, deporting criminal illegal aliens, ending men in women’s sports, ending transgender for all, and much more! »

EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS RAISES NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP’S CONDUCT AS HE DENOUNCES DEMOCRATS

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are pictured here. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Trump also argued that if Democrats “had something,” it would have surfaced before last year’s presidential election.

“No one 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. “Some ‘members’ of the Republican Party are being ‘used,’ and we can’t let that happen. Let’s start by talking about the Republican Party’s record-breaking accomplishments, and not fall into the Epstein ‘TRAP,’ which is actually a curse on Democrats, not us. LET’S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

AG BONDI ANNOUNCES DOJ INVESTIGATION OF BILL CLINTON AND OTHER DEMOCRATS OVER ALLEGED TIES TO EPSTEIN

Former President Bill Clinton speaks on stage during the September 2023 meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative at the New York Hilton Midtown on September 18, 2023, in New York. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for the Clinton Global Initiative)

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the DOJ would investigate prominent Democrats after new emails revealed ties to Epstein.

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In an X post Friday afternoon, Bondi said Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, would lead the investigation.

“Clayton is one of the most competent and trusted prosecutors in the country,” Bondi wrote in his post. “As with all questions, the Department will pursue this approach with urgency and integrity to provide answers to the American people.”

Fox News Digital has contacted the White House, Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman and Larry Summers for comment.

Alexandra Koch of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.