Grace Panetta

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The House is poised to vote this week to force the Justice Department to release files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

It marks a rare and notable instance of the Republican-controlled Congress rebuking the Trump administration — and of President Donald Trump bending to congressional will — on an issue that has transcended party lines and rocked Trump’s second term.

After months of trying to halt momentum on the Epstein issue, including unsuccessfully pressuring Republican lawmakers to withdraw their support for the measure, Trump abruptly reversed course Sunday night.

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