President Trump said Sunday evening 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."

Why it matters: Trump's apparent change of heart indicates that the vote on releasing the Epstein files would likely pass, as he faces backlash from some in the MAGA movement and has clashed over the matter with Republicans including former loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

Driving the news: The House is preparing a vote to force the release of the files from the Department of Justice's investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Trump has repeatedly called "a hoax," to the upset of the late financier's survivors. • In his call for Republicans to back the

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