The House has now officially voted to release the Epstein files.

And the measure actually got near unanimous support, right?

Only one person, Republican Clay Higgins, voted against it.

But the path to get here has been incredibly bumpy, and the future, it appears that it might be just as chaotic.

Right, and to break it all down, we have to start with where Trump stands on this.

Right, because for months, he's been calling the Epstein issue a Democrat hoax, trying to distance himself from any ties that it had to him, and trying to go after any Republicans aiming to release the files. But then, over the weekend, he told House Republicans, okay, support the Epstein File's Transparency Act. And just yesterday, he said that if the legislation makes it to his desk, he'd sign it. But that also doesn't mean that all of a sudden he's just open and willing to talk about the issue. I mean, just last night, he had it being hostile to a reporter as asking about it and trying to pivot the blame to Democrats. Mr. President, what did Jeffrey Epstein mean in his emails when he said you knew about the girls? I know nothing about that. They would have been out a long time ago. It's really what did he be when he spent all the time with Bill Clinton. Sir, yeah, Jennifer, go ahead, go ahead.

I'm going to go ahead.

Quiet, quiet, piggy.

Yep, and so this morning when members of Congress and survivors spoke outside of the Capitol about the importance of releasing the files,

there was a lot of tension around Trump, where you had survivor Haley Robson saying,

And to the President of the United States of America who is not here today, I want to send a clear message to you.

While I do understand that your position has changed on the Epstein files and I'm grateful that you have pledged to sign this bill, I can't help to be skeptical of what the agenda is.

So with that being said, I want to relay this message to you.

I am traumatized.

I am not stupid.

Right with her then slamming the president for dragging out the process of getting these files out,

arguing that him trying to kick this down the road,

it only put the survivors through more unnecessary stress and pain. Right, you know, she was far from the only one to go after how Trump

handled this. First, the administration said it would release everything and then applauded

President Trump for that. Then it fought to release nothing. We are hearing the administration

say they intend to investigate various Democrats who were friends with Epstein.

I beg you, President Trump, please stop making this political.

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