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Hartmann Report: When Does Trump Become Too Corrupt for the GOP?
Axios - In a major reversal last night, President Trump said in a Truth Social post that 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."
It's one of the few moments in Trump's second term where internal GOP pushback has forced his hand.
The big picture: Trump's apparent change of heart indicates that the vote on releasing the Epstein files would likely pass, though it's unclear if it would come up for a vote in the Senate...
He has faced backlash from some in the MAGA movement and publicly split with former loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a leader of the quest to force a House vote on the files, predicted a "deluge of Republicans" could vote alongside him and Greene in defiance of the White House. "There could be 100 or more," he told ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week" yesterday.
Trump announced his political divorce from Greene, whom he called "Wacky," a "ranting" lunatic and a "Traitor." Greene was one of a handful of Republicans who signed the discharge petition led by Massie and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) despite the president's opposition. Share this story
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