Will Donald Trump Veto Epstein Files Bill.

The Epstein files have caused problems for the Trump administration. Trump called for their release on the campaign trail then later backtracked, sparking criticism and calls for greater transparency. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection to Epstein, and has said they fell out in the early 2000s. But on Wednesday, 12th November, 2025, lawmakers had released more than 20,000 pages of documents connected to Epstein, some of which mentioned Trump.

This has brought fresh scrutiny to the President’s relationship with the disgraced and wealthy financier, who had ties to many prominent international personalities before he died by committing suicide in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

However, House Speaker Mike Johnson has raised the possibility that President Donald Trump could veto a bill requiring the Justice Department to release files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act will head to Trump’s desk for his signature after the House and Senate both voted on Tuesday to publicly release the files.

While the US President has indicated that he will sign the legislation, Johnson told reporters Trump was “deeply disappointed” that the Senate passed the bill without making amendments, adding that he and Trump “have concerns” about the bill. When asked if Trump would veto the bill, Johnson said: “I’m not saying that, I don’t know“.

Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, has faced criticism for the way he treated Catherine Lucey, a White House correspondent, when she asked him on Air Force One on November 14^th, as to why he would not release the Epstein files if there was nothing incriminating in them. “Quiet”, the President said, jabbing a finger at the journalist. “Quiet, piggy”.

A former federal prosecutor has immediately rounded on President Donald Trump for calling the lady journalist “piggy,” and has invoked the spirit of a fierce Muppet to demand the release of the case files on the investigation into former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump’s comment to a female journalist came amid national spotlight on the abuse of girls at the hands of Epstein and his rich and powerful associates.

Former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Joyce Vance said in a post that the President’s response to a legitimate question was “particularly galling. It tells you all you need to know about this president’s attitude toward women. Of course, that hasn’t been in doubt”, she said.

As per latest update from the official sources in White House, Trump has said he would sign a bill passed by both the House and the Senate to require the Justice Department to publicly release its files on Epstein. But questions remain about what might be released, given the possibility that a new Justice Department investigation might mean some material has to be held back, and to what extent what is released is redacted.

Vide a strong statement, the Vice President JD Vance has reiterated, “Enough demeaning of women. Signing the Epstein Files bill when it hits his desk, which Trump has promised to do, won’t be enough. The files have to be released, no excuses”.

Trump has said his friendship with Epstein ended in the early 2000s, but the release of new documents in recent days, and the prospect of more to come, has brought fresh scrutiny of the relationship. Epstein died by suicide in a New York federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking.

Vance said the possibility of a new Justice Department investigation, after Trump had called for a closer look into suspected links between Democrats and Epstein, was a “dodge”. Furthermore stating,

“Trump is safe in the knowledge that he could take the publicly popular position on release of the files, watch it pass the House and Senate…and count on his lawyers at the Justice Department, with their newly refreshed investigation open, to decline to release files, or at least parts of them he wants withheld”.

Referring to Trump’s remarks to Lucey, Vance wrote: “We shouldn’t forget that the president of the United States uttered those words in this moment. At a time when women were fighting for justice, the man who cut himself out of the investigation into wrongdoing had that to say about a woman who was simply trying to do her job”.

“Perhaps women should claim the glamorous, sassy Muppet Miss Piggy, a known diva with a fierce karate chop, as their own symbol. Call a woman a piggy, and see how that goes for you, Mr. President”. he wrote.

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