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Congress has approved a bill demanding the release of the Epstein files and sent the measure to President Trump's desk.
Over the weekend, Trump urged Republicans to support the measure and said that he would sign it.
As NPR's Claudia Grisalez reports,
That's a reversal of the position taken when Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey began pushing the measure.
This is something that dragged out for much of the year,
but then it came together rather quickly in a matter of days.
But first, a little bit of background.
Massey was working alongside California Democrat Ro Khanna and they started what's known as a discharge petition.
Four months ago, it's an arcane procedure, skips committees,
leadership to force a floor vote with signatures from a simple house majority,
and they hit that mark last week.
And Trump fought them all the way until this past weekend when he reversed course and he saw that this look
like it was going to pass.
NPR's Claudia Goussel is.