"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 Party," Trump wrote on social media late Sunday after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a weekend in Florida.

Trump's statement followed a fierce fight within the GOP over the files and is a rare example of Trump backtracking because of opposition within his own party. The president's shift is an implicit acknowledgement that supporters of the measure have enough votes to pass it in the House, although it has an unclear future in the Senate.

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Trump's split with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Trump's statement followed a fierce fight within the GOP over the files, including an increasingly nasty split with Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had long been one of his fiercest supporters.

Trump publicly called it quits with Greene last week, said he would endorse a challenger against her in 2026 and posted Sunday, "The fact is, nobody cares about this Traitor to our Country!"

Greene said the country deserves transparency: "I have no idea what's in the files. I can't even guess. But that is the questions everyone is asking, is, why fight this so hard?" Greene said.

Epstein case transparency is not just about Trump

Trump's association with Epstein is well-established and the president's name was included in records his own Justice Department released in February in an effort to satisfy public interest in the sex-trafficking investigation. But Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and the mere inclusion of someone's name in files from the investigation does not imply otherwise.

Epstein, who killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial, had many prominent acquaintances in political and celebrity circles besides Trump.

"I don't even know how involved Trump was," Khanna said. "There are a lot of other people involved who have to be held accountable."

Khanna asked Trump to meet with those who were abused. Some will be at the Capitol on Tuesday for a news conference, he said.

GOP House speaker seems to expect a decisive House vote to release the files

"We'll just get this done and move it on. There's nothing to hide," Mike Johnson now says.

The discharge petition introduced by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie and California Democrat Ro Khanna in July is a rarely successful tool that allows a majority of members to bypass House leadership and force a floor vote.

Massie said he's aiming now for a veto proof majority with 100 or more Republican votes in favor. Khanna voiced more modest expectations for GOP support.

What would the Epstein files bill do?

The bill would force the Justice Department to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as any information about the investigation into his death in federal prison. Information about Epstein's victims or ongoing federal investigations would be allowed to be redacted.

Lawmakers who support the bill have been predicting a big win in the House this week with a "deluge of Republicans" voting for it, bucking the GOP leadership and the president.

Attorney General will investigate Epstein's ties to Clinton and other political foes

Acceding to Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate Epstein's ties to the president's political foes, including former President Bill Clinton.

Last week, congressional Republicans released nearly 23,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate and House Democrats seized on emails mentioning Trump. None of the men Trump mentioned in a social media post demanding the probe has been accused of sexual misconduct by any of Epstein's victims.

Georgia election case against Trump and others lives on

A longtime prosecutor, Pete Skandalakis, announced he will take over the Georgia election interference case against Trump and others, after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the case.

Willis was disqualified over an "appearance of impropriety" created by a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she'd chosen to lead the case.

Commercial airlines to resume regular schedules

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday lifted all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country's longest government shutdown.

The FAA's unprecedented order to limit traffic in the skies due to safety concerns initially went into effect on Nov. 7.