Donald Trump tried to paint himself as the force behind the Jeffrey Epstein files’ release in a bonkers Truth Social post on Wednesday evening.
The president announced that he had signed the bill to release all files related to the convicted sex trafficker at 8:20 p.m., two hours after the White House called a lid on all public events.
Trump had spent months trying to derail the bill, but made an extraordinary U-turn over the weekend when its passage became inevitable.
“…I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill in the House and Senate, respectively. Because of this request, the votes were almost unanimous in favor of passage,” Trump wrote.
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