President Trump has called on House Republicans to approve a measure compelling the Justice Department to release the Epstein files. Trump’s reversal late Sunday came after he unsuccessfully lobbied Republican Congresswomen Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace to remove their names from a discharge petition seeking the files’ release. This follows months of stonewalling by the Trump administration over the files’ release, and after Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned the House early to prevent a vote on the Epstein files. On Friday, Trump demanded the Justice Department investigate a list of powerful Democrats discussed in a trove of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein — but omitted his own name. The list includes former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Democratic donor Reid Hoffman. Trump wrote on social media, “Epstein was a Democrat and he is the Democrats problem, not the Republicans problem!”