{"id":1055086,"date":"2025-07-15T18:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055086"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:23:04","slug":"house-republicans-flip-flop-on-epstein-vote-to-protect-trump-and-hide-the-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/house-republicans-flip-flop-on-epstein-vote-to-protect-trump-and-hide-the-files\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Flip-Flop on Epstein, Vote To Protect Trump and Hide the Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to House Republicans voting to hide the Epstein files, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans talked a big game about releasing the Epstein files during the campaign, and now they are chickening out. It doesn\u2019t matter how the GOP tries to spin it \u2014 either they lied to the American people to get elected, or they are lying now to protect Donald Trump from any accountability for his long association with an infamous sex trafficker. The GOP\u2019s continued flip-flopping is exposing them as the phony liars that they are.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TODAY: House Democrats forced a vote to release the Epstein files \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Rules Democrats<\/a>: \u201c\ud83d\udea8It\u2019s official: @HouseDemocrats are about to force a floor vote TODAY on releasing the EPSTEIN FILES.\ud83d\udea8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c@RepMGS is going to offer a motion that will trigger an up or down vote on @RepRoKhanna\u2019s amendment to preserve and release records related to Jeffrey Epstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 and the GOP voted against releasing the files, protecting Trump even as their base revolts. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Press Gallery<\/a>: \u201cThe House ordered the previous question by a vote of 211-210.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NewsWire<\/a>: \u201cTrump is \u2018ratioed\u2019 on his own platform<\/strong> as MAGA fury erupts over Epstein scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cEpstein outcry prompts warning to Trump from MAGA leaders: \u2018A huge risk\u2019\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump faces a revolt from his MAGA base over the Epstein files\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe Epstein Saga Has Splintered Trump\u2019s Movement Like Nothing Before\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump can\u2019t even make up his mind on if the Epstein files exist or not \u2014 campaigning on releasing the files, then claiming they don\u2019t exist, and now saying that they are not credible. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cTrump and some other top officials fed into [the Epstein] rumors, <\/strong>including Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel, Deputy Director Dan Bongino. On the campaign trail, Trump hinted that he would release the Epstein files.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cEpstein \u2018client list\u2019 doesn\u2019t exist, Justice Department says, <\/strong>walking back theory Bondi had promoted\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump<\/a>: \u201cWhy are we giving publicity to Files <\/strong>written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration \u2026 They created the Epstein Files \u2026\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be up to [Bondi], whatever she thinks is credible, she should release.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to House Republicans voting to hide the Epstein files, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement: \u201cRepublicans talked a big game about releasing the Epstein files during the campaign, and now they are chickening out. 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