“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said Tuesday that passage of a bill to release files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is not what President Donald Trump wanted, even as he ultimately urged Republicans to vote for it.

“This is a dramatic legislative change and a big loss for Trump, make no mistake,” Colbert said. “For four months now, Trump and President Mike Johnson fought the release of Epstein’s files with every tool they had in Congress. And keep in mind, Congress is loaded with some important tools.

Trump promised during the 2024 campaign that he would release the Epstein files, but instead spent his first months in office trying to block them, calling them a “Democratic hoax.”

He only changed his mind at the last minute, when it became clear that the bill would pass anyway.

For a moment Tuesday, it looked like the Senate might amend the bill, and Colbert joked about how much that might have complicated the situation.

“You’d have to go back to the Chamber, where you have to cross a river, and under the bridge there’s a troll,” Colbert said. “And to beat the troll, you have to answer his riddle: ‘What walks on two ankles in the morning, rides a golf cart in the afternoon, and is totally in Epstein’s files?’”

Trump was once a close friend of Epstein and his name appeared in the documents released last week several times.

In this case, neither trolls nor riddles will be necessary: ​​the Senate voted unanimously to pass the House bill as is once it arrives.

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