The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday, Nov. 18, on a measure that would force the Justice Department to release all of its records on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The vote comes after President Donald Trump called on House Republicans to vote for the full release of files related to Epstein, a stunning reversal after he previously warned the GOP to stay out of the Epstein "trap."
"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,'" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Nov. 16.
Trump partied with Epstein in New York and Florida in the 1990s and 2000s, along with other members of the U.S. and international power elite. Trump said his friendship with Epstein ended in the 2000s and that he had no connection to Epstein's crimes, and that his political enemies are trying to smear him by insinuating otherwise.
Here is what you need to know about the upcoming vote.
