WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, moving ahead on a matter that has fractured relations between President Donald Trump and some of his most ardent supporters.

Two days after Trump abruptly dropped his longstanding opposition, the vote is all but certain to succeed after four months in the making, sending a resolution requiring the release of all unclassified records on Epstein to the Senate for consideration.

Lawmakers were due to vote in the afternoon under a procedure requiring a two-thirds supermajority for passage. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he expected an overwhelming majority to vote in favor, including himself.

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