And, on Capitol Hill, Congress approved a measure# requiring the release of the Epstein files.

Congressional correspondent Lisa# Desjardins begins our coverage.

LISA DESJARDINS: A rare nearly unanimous# House vote to release the Epstein files,## significant especially for one group.

JENA-LISA JONES, Jeffrey Epstein Survivor:# This was me at 14 years old.

I was a child.

WOMAN: This is me at 16.

WOMAN: This was me at 17 years old.

WOMAN: I was 16 and she was 25.

That's how old we# were when we were abused by Epstein and Maxwell.

LISA DESJARDINS: Survivors of Epstein's abuse# came in person to urge passage of the measure.

JENA-LISA JONES: We are here as American# survivors of a man who used his wealth## and power to hurt young girls and women.# The world should see the files to know## who Jeffrey Epstein was and how the# system catered to him and failed us.

LISA DESJARDINS: The bill forces the Justice# Department to release Epstein file documents## within 30 days.

It includes protections for the# personal information of survivors and allows the## attorney general to block information that# could harm current specific investigations.

REP.

MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): We# have to do it in the right way.

LISA DESJARDINS: House Speaker Mike# Johnson voted yes, despite saying he## didn't like the measure, and charging# that Democrats had political motives.

REP.

MIKE JOHNSON: They're# using that as a political## weapon to try to distract from their# failures as a party and to try their## best to try to tie President Trump# somehow into this wretched scandal.

LISA DESJARDINS: But as he and# President Trump realized large## numbers of Democrats and Republicans backed this,## Trump dramatically reversed himself on the# bill, saying yesterday he would sign it.

DONALD TRUMP, President of the# United States: Sure I would.## Let the -- let the Senate look# at it.

Let anybody loo.. LISA DESJARDINS: Survivors criticized# Mr.

Trump directly today for his long## opposition to the bill and# for calling their case a hoax.

HALEY ROBSON, Jeffrey Epstein Survivor:# I am traumatized.

I am not stupid.

I am## traumatized.

I am no.. the halt of these procedures that were supposed# to have happened 50 days ago, and then get upset## when your own party goes against you, because# what is being done is wrong.

It's not right.

LISA DESJARDINS: Today, as he sat# with the visiting Saudi crown prince,## ABC News asked President Trump: QUESTION: Mr.

President, why wait for Congress to# release the Epstein files?

Why not just do .. DONALD TRUMP: As far as the Epstein files is,# I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein.

I## threw him out of my club many years ago# because I thought he was a sick pervert.

LISA DESJARDINS: ABC asked a series of# questions on the Trump family businesses## and the crown prince, and Trump# ultimately issued a vague threat.

DONALD TRUMP: I think the license# should be taken away from ABC## because your news is so fake and it's so wrong.

LISA DESJARDINS: This is the latest in a week of# defiant and sharp comments from the president.

DONALD TRUMP: I know nothing about that.

LISA DESJARDINS: Including# Friday on Air Force One,## when a different reporter asked about Epstein.

QUESTION: Sir, why not -- why not... DONALD TRUMP: Quiet.

Quiet, piggy.

LISA DESJARDINS: Trump has asked# the attorney general to launch an## investigation into Epstein's relationships with# other people who knew him, naming high-ranking## Democrats like former President Bill Clinton# and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

E-mails have shown Summers flew with Epstein and# kept close with him for years.

And last night## Summers told The Harvard Crimson -- quote -- "I# am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the## pain they have caused."

And he added -- quote --# "I will be stepping back from public commitments."

Today, another Democrat was# also forced to answer questions.

DEL.

STACEY PLASKETT (D-VI): I# got a text from Jeffrey Epstein.

LISA DESJARDINS: Virgin Islands# Delegate Stacey Plaskett.

Last week, The Washington Post found that# Jeffrey Epstein, a donor to her campaigns,## texted her a question to ask in a# Trump-related hearing.

And she did.

Today,## House Republicans pushed to censure Plaskett# and remove her from the Intelligence Committee.

REP.

RALPH NORMAN (R-SC): She made a mistake here,## a bad mistake.

She took advice# from a convicted pedophile.

LISA DESJARDINS: Democrats decried a lack of# due process and Plaskett defended her actions.

As the Epstein fallout continues, the bill to# release the Epstein files now is in Senate hands.

And this evening, the Senate has already# taken action.

Using a rare procedure,## senators unanimously decided# that, once they get this bill,## it will be considered as if they have# already passed it.

So, essentially,## right now, senators are waiting technically# for the bill to move over across the Capitol.

But, basically, all of Congress has# now gotten on board this.

And this## bill will make it to the president by tomorrow.