U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) explained explained why the files in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case might not be released despite President Donald Trump ‘s reversal on the issue on Sunday.

Trump urged House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files after months of pleading with them not to do so, calling the files a “Democrat hoax.” Coons suggested during a Monday appearance on MSNOW , formerly MSNBC, that Trump is only backing the release of the files because he does not think the Justice Department will release them.

He said that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s investigation into a number of Democrats in connection to the case will be the administration’s excuse for not releasing the files.

“My gut hunch is that Attorney General [Pam] Bondi, having just been ordered o

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