Trump makes a shocking reversal, calling for Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files [SOUND]

# US president Donald Trump has called on Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote in favour of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a noticeable change to his past rhetoric. His reversal comes as expectations of potentially dozens of Republicans signalling they were willing to break ranks in a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act this week. Trump says they have nothing to hide and criticised Republican representative Thomas Massie, a co-sponsor of the bill: