--- title: Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift | TIME description: The House of Representatives voted on bipartisan legislation that forces the Department of Justice to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote comes after President Donald Trump abruptly urged Republicans in the chamber to support it. canonical: https://time.com/video/V13iRLxx/ og:title: Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift og:description: The House of Representatives voted on bipartisan legislation that forces the Department of Justice to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote comes after President Donald Trump abruptly urged Republicans in the chamber to support it. og:url: https://time.com/video/V13iRLxx/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/V13iRLxx/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift twitter:description: The House of Representatives voted on bipartisan legislation that forces the Department of Justice to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote comes after President Donald Trump abruptly urged Republicans in the chamber to support it. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/V13iRLxx/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift ## Video: Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift [Watch (HLS stream): Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/V13iRLxx.m3u8) (1:06:04)  _Published 2025-11-18. The House of Representatives voted on bipartisan legislation that forces the Department of Justice to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote comes after President Donald Trump abruptly urged Republicans in the chamber to support it._ --- Nov 18, 2025 8:30 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [What we know about Bill Gates’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein](/video/DrXmoEIb/) ### What we know about Bill Gates’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein [Newly-Surfaced Emails From Epstein Allege Trump Knew of His Conduct, as House Set to Vote on Files Release](/video/zj2UqioJ/) ### Newly-Surfaced Emails From Epstein Allege Trump Knew of His Conduct, as House Set to Vote on Files Release [House Panel Defies Trump in Vote to Subpoena Epstein Files](/video/JhoSIgn3/) ### House Panel Defies Trump in Vote to Subpoena Epstein Files --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: House Votes on Bill to Release Epstein Files After Trump Shift","description":"The House of Representatives voted on bipartisan legislation that forces the Department of Justice to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote comes after President Donald Trump abruptly urged Republicans in the chamber to support it.\n","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/V13iRLxx/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-11-18T18:51:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/V13iRLxx.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/V13iRLxx/","duration":"PT1H6M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/V13iRLxx/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```