{"id":296691,"date":"2025-11-18T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trump-suddenly-called-for-epstein-files-to-be-released-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:05:05","slug":"why-trump-suddenly-called-for-epstein-files-to-be-released-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trump-suddenly-called-for-epstein-files-to-be-released-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump suddenly called for Epstein files to be released | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RNnTe1EtPFk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Trump suddenly called for Epstein files to be released | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNnTe1EtPFk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US President Trump is calling on Republicans to vote to release files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This is a true Trump 180. Trump has spent months resisting bipartisan efforts to force the Justice Department to release the records. But the push to publish kept growing. Dozens of Republicans have threatened to break ranks &#8211; signalling they are ready to vote with Democrats to release the documents. Apparently, the pressure made the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson blink.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 Trump urges Republicans to vote for Epstein files<br \/>\n2:02 Matthew Sheffield, Journalist<br \/>\n13:47 Elana Schor, Semafor Washington Editor<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#epstein #trump #republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Trump is calling on Republicans to vote to release files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This is a true Trump 180. Trump has spent months resisting bipartisan efforts to force the Justice Department to release the records. But the push to publish kept growing. 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