PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOW SAYS HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD VOTE TO RELEASE FILES IN THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE.

TRUMP HAD BEEN FIGHTING THE PROPOSAL AS MORE REPUBLICANS BACKED RELEASING THE FILES, BUT THAT CHANGED SUNDAY NIGHT.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRUMP WROTE, QUOTE, “WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.”

IT’S A RARE EXAMPLE OF TRUMP BACKTRACKING AND FOLLOWS A FIERCE INTERNAL FIGHT WITHIN THE G.O.P. OVER THE FILES — INCLUDING A SPLIT WITH GEORGIA CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, A LONGTIME TRUMP SUPPORTER.

THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE ALL FILES AND COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO EPSTEIN, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH IN FEDERAL PRISON.

INFORMATION ABOUT EPSTEIN’S VICTIMS AND ANY ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE REDACTED.

THE PRESIDENT’S SHIFT IS AN IMPLICIT ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES IN THE HOUSE TO RELEASE THE FILES, THOUGH ITS FUTURE IN THE SENATE REMAINS UNCLEAR.