Trump urges Jeffrey Epstein file release vote by Republicans

A group of victims of Jeffrey Epstein in a new ad calls for Congress to pass a measure to force the Department of Justice to release investigative files about the notorious sex offender, following months of resistance to that by the Trump administration.

“Five administrations and we’re still in the dark,” the public service announcement says at the end, after the victims hold up photos showing themselves as girls and young women, when Epstein began abusing them.

“Call your Congress member and demand they release all the Epstein files,” the PSA produced by the group World Without Exploitation says.

The ad comes in advance of a House of Representatives vote on the measure. NBC News reported Monday that House GOP leaders intend to put the Epstein resolution on the floor for a vote on Tuesday.

On Sunday night, in a major reversal, President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to vote in favor of the measure. Trump last week pressured congressional Republicans not to support a petition that forced the vote.

But he now seems to acknowledge the likelihood of the Republican-controlled House, and potentially the Senate, voting in favor of the measure.

Trump and the DOJ for months have resisted demands that they release the Epstein files after Attorney General Pam Bondi reneged on promises to make those documents public.

“I was 17 when I met Jeffrey Epstein,” said Danielle Bensky, one of the women in the ad, said in a statement.

“I was an aspiring ballerina working odd jobs to support my mother, who was battling a brain tumor, and to keep up with my training,” Bensky said.

“A woman told me about a wealthy philanthropist who might help. What began as a chance to pay for dance lessons turned into months of abuse,” she said. “Epstein used my mother’s illness to control me. He promised help and threatened to take it away if I spoke. It took me years to tell the truth, and I tell it now because too many people still believe this story should stay hidden.”

Another victim, Annie Farmer, in a statement said, “When I was 16, I trusted adults who told me they wanted to help me succeed. That trust was taken advantage of in a way that shaped the rest of my life.”

Farmer also said, “The people who shielded Epstein have had decades of protection. Survivors have had decades of unanswered questions. Sharing the remaining documents helps correct that imbalance.”

Trump, in a Truth Social post on Sunday, said, “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files.”

“Because 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…