The U.S. House of Representatives is speeding toward a vote next week on releasing files related to the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein, a step that comes after months of resistance from Republican leaders.

The House is required to allow consideration of the bill after a petition on the measure reached the necessary 218 signatures. It comes at a time when new documents are raising fresh questions about Epstein and his associates, including a 2019 email that Epstein wrote to a journalist that said President Donald Trump "knew about the girls."

White House has accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the Republican president. Trump and Epstein knew each other for several years, with the president saying he severed the relationship at an unspe

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