The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a sudden turnaround, US President Donald Trump on Sunday reversed course on one of the most divisive issues of his second term, allowing his loyalist lawmakers to vote to release long-withheld Justice Department files on the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein amid a mutiny in the ranks. “It’s a Democrat Hoax for purposes of deflection, just like the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam!!! They had sleazy relationships with Epstein, and should be prosecuted!!!” Trump said in a social media post, reframing a controversy that appeared to have implicated him and put him on the defensive. The turnaround was apparently precipitated by a brewing revolt among Trump’s MAGA faithful, including three female lawmakers, who had grown increasingly incensed over perceived

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