The House is expected to vote on legislation to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

It's the culmination of a monthslong effort that has overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.

Trump now says Republicans should vote for the bill. It all but ensures that the House will pass the bill with an overwhelming margin.

That puts further pressure on the Senate to take up the legislation. Epstein was a well-connected financier who killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial in 2019 on charges he sexually abused and trafficked underage girls.

Still, many in the Republican base have continued to demand the release of the files. Adding to that pressure, several survivors of Epstein's abuse appeared on Capitol Hill, bundled in jackets against the November chill and holding photos of themselves as teenagers as they recounted their stories of abuse.

“We are exhausted from surviving the trauma and then surviving the political conflicts that surround it,” said Jena-Lisa Jones, one of the survivors.

She added that she had voted for Trump, but had a message for the president: “I beg you Donald Trump, please stop making this political.”