'Going to get killed': Jasmine Crockett flags Trump trick to thwart Epstein files release

A top House Democrat seemed to identify a trick President Donald Trump could use to prevent the Jeffrey Epstein files from being published, even though the president says he supports releasing the documents.

On Sunday, Trump called on House Republicans to vote to pass legislation to release the Epstein files, a stark reversal from just days ago when he said Republicans who continued to focus on Epstein were "stupid" and "foolish." Trump's reversal comes as reports indicate hundreds of Republicans were likely to support the legislation with or without the president's approval.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) discussed one way Trump could still prevent the files from being published during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead."

"I think that this is going toget killed some way, somehow," Crockett said. "The other option is that I thinkthey're going to do the verysame thing and not necessarilythe same thing, but the veryreason that the files cannot bereleased before is because therewere active cases that weretaking place."

"All the cases havebeen concluded because thisadministration decided theydidn't want to talk about Jeffrey Epstein, so theyweren't going to investigatewhatsoever," she continued. "So now the files canbe opened...Well,if there are open cases, thenthat is [the[ excuse for not allowing those documents tobe out."