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The US leader announced on late Wednesday that he had endorsed the bill decisively endorsed by Congress members that mandates the federal justice agency to make public more files related to the deceased financier, the dead pedophile.

This action follows weeks of opposition from the leader and his backers in Congress that split his Maga base and generated conflicts with various established backers.

Trump had resisted releasing the Epstein documents, calling the issue a "hoax" and condemning those who wanted to make the records accessible, despite vowing their release on the campaign trail.

But he reversed course in the past few days after it become clear the legislative chamber would endorse the measure. The president said: "Everything is transparent".

It's not clear what the agency will release in response to the measure – the bill details a range of possible documents that need to be disclosed, but provides exceptions for specific records.

Donald Trump Approves Bill to Compel Publication of Further Epstein Files

The legislation requires the chief law enforcement officer to make public Epstein-related files open for review "in a searchable and downloadable format", including each examination into Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, travel documentation and journey documentation, individuals cited or listed in association with his offenses, organizations that were connected with his exploitation or financial networks, immunity deals and further court deals, organizational messages about legal actions, evidence of his confinement and demise, and details about potential document destruction.

The department will have thirty days to submit the records. The bill includes certain exemptions, such as removals of victims' identifying information or individual documents, any representations of minor exploitation, releases that would jeopardize ongoing inquiries or legal cases and representations of death or abuse.

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