US lawmakers are expected Tuesday to advance a bill requiring the release of government records on millionaire sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, in defiance of Donald Trump’s attempts to keep a lid on one of modern America’s most notorious case files.

After weeks of resistance, behind-the-scenes pressure and frenzied lobbying against making the material public, the president threw in the towel on Sunday as it became clear that as many as 100 Republicans in Congress were poised to defy him.

The House of Representatives now looks all but certain to advance the Epstein Files Transparency Act, compelling publication of unclassified documents detailing

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