WASHINGTON — With the House of Representatives all but certain to approve a measure this week that would force the Justice Department to release all of its records on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , President Donald Trump had a sudden change of heart.

Trump reversed his position and gave his party permission to back the bill he spent months trying to bury and broke with a one-time ally over.

"All I want is for people to recognize the great job that I've done," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday. "And I hate to see that deflect from the great job that we've done. So I'm all for it."

Trump's about-face was an acknowledgement of the stark political reality before him: scores of Republicans were preparing to vote for the bill that woul

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