Trump changes his tune on Epstein files, House vote expected Tuesday. Live updates.

WASHINGTON — With the House of Representatives all but certain to approve a measure this week that would force the Justice Department to release all of its records on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump had a sudden change of heart.

Trump reversed his position and gave his party permission to back the bill he spent months trying to bury and broke with a one-time ally over.

"We have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.

Trump's about-face was an acknowledgement of the stark political reality before him: scores of Republicans were preparing to vote for the bill that would require DOJ to make public every document it has on Epstein and his former girlfriend and associate Ghislaine Maxwell. A discharge petition ensuring a House vote received the necessary 218 signatures last week. Four of the signatories were Republicans.

"I think we could have a deluge of Republicans. There could be 100 or more. I’m hoping to get a veto-proof majority on this legislation when it comes up for a vote," Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, the bill's Republican sponsor, said on ABC News' "This Week" earlier in the day.

House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded on "Fox News Sunday" that the bill was likely to have plenty of support and cast the vote as a way to deweaponize accusations against Trump.

Trump rode on Epstein's plane and was friends with financier, until they had a falling out. The president says he cut ties with Epstein for stealing young female workers from him; the White House says Epstein was banned from Trump's resort because he was a creep.

The president has denied any wrongdoing and ordered the DOJ and the FBI to investigate Democrats with ties to the convicted sex offender last week.Epstein died by suicide in jail, while he was awaiting trial. Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking minors and is serving a 20-year prison sentence in connection with the case. Trump's administration approved her transfer in August from a maximum security prison in Florida to a lower-security facility in Texas.

What is the House voting on concerning the Epstein files?

The Epstein Files Transparency Act would require the Department of Justice to publicly release all the unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials related to the investigation and prosecution of Epstein.

Any personal information of alleged victims would be withheld from the department in the release, as would information that could jeopardize active federal investigations. The DOJ would be required to report to Congress justifying the reason for any withheld information and redactions.

Under the proposed House bill, Attorney General Pam Bondi would have 30 days from when the Act passes to release all unclassified materials related to the convicted sex offender.

Epstein survivors make last-minute push to convince House Republicans to release files

Days before the House is scheduled to vote, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein came together in a video calling on Congress to release the Epstein files.

“It’s time to bring the secrets out of the shadows,” one survivor said in the video. “It’s time to shine a light into the darkness.”

The survivors hold up photographs of themselves at the age they were when they met Epstein. Most are in tears just recounting their ages and looking at the photos.

“I suffered so much pain,” the survivors say through tears, before stating how old they were when they met the sex offender: 14, 16, 17. “This is me, when I met Jeffrey Epstein.”

“There are about a thousand of us,” one survivor says.

The public service announcement was created by World Without Exploitation, which fights against sexual exploitation. It was released Sunday evening and urges Americans to call their members of Congress.

– Sarah D. Wire

Rep. Ro Khanna, the lead Democrat on the bill, said Sunday that he would be holding a news conference with Epstein survivors at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday with Massie and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ahead of the anticipated vote.

"This was disgusting. Epstein had set up a rape island where rich and powerful men were abusing young girls with impunity. And there are thousands of victims, and rich and powerful men still have buildings named after them, scholarships named after them," Khanna said on "Meet the Press" on NBC News. "This is not partisan. They all need to be held accountable. The Epstein class needs to go."

Trump trashes Greene over Epstein petition

Trump bashed Massie and disavowed Greene over the weekend, before he told Republicans they should vote for the Epstein bill.

He repeatedly called Greene a "traitor" and threatened her with a primary. She accused him of putting her life "in danger" in a Nov. 16 appearance on CNN's "State of the Union."

Trump hit back that evening and told reporters traveling with him from Palm Beach, Florida, back to Washington, "I don't think her life is in danger. Frankly, I don't think anybody cares about her."

When is the vote to release Epstein files?

The House is expected to vote on Tuesday on the release the Epstein files. The bill that would compel DOJ to publish the documents is expected to pass the lower chamber with bipartisan support.

It would still need to clear the Senate, where Democrats have a 47-seat minority. They would need the help of 13 Republicans to clear a filibuster.

Trump has not said whether he would sign the bill that forces his administration's hand, although he said on Truth Social that as far as he's concerned, the House Oversight Committee "can have whatever they are legally entitled to."

"I DON’T CARE! All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT," Trump said, invoking his administration's campaign to lower costs for Americans.