President Approves Legislation to Make Public Additional Jeffrey Epstein Documents Following Months of Opposition
Donald Trump announced on late Wednesday that he had approved the bill overwhelmingly passed by Congress members that mandates the justice department to make public more documents regarding the convicted sex offender, the late pedophile.
This action follows weeks of opposition from the leader and his supporters in the legislature that divided his political supporters and generated conflicts with certain loyal followers.
The president had fought against disclosing the Epstein files, calling the situation a "fabrication" and criticizing those who wanted to make the records accessible, despite promising their publication on the campaign trail.
But he changed direction in the past few days after it was evident the House would approve the measure. Donald Trump said: "Everything is transparent".
The details are unknown what the agency will disclose in response to the bill – the measure outlines a variety of potential items that need to be disclosed, but provides exceptions for specific records.
Trump Endorses Bill to Compel Release of Further Jeffrey Epstein Documents
The measure calls for the attorney general to make unclassified Epstein-connected files open for review "in a searchable and downloadable format", encompassing every inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein, his colleague Maxwell, aircraft records and movement logs, persons cited or listed in connection with his offenses, entities that were linked to his trafficking or money operations, immunity deals and other plea agreements, official correspondence about legal actions, evidence of his detention and death, and particulars about possible record elimination.
The agency will have 30 days to provide the files. The bill provides for specific exclusions, including deletions of confidential victim data or private records, any representations of youth molestation, disclosures that would jeopardize current examinations or prosecutions and depictions of demise or exploitation.
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