President Approves Bill to Release More Jeffrey Epstein Files Following Months of Resistance

The President announced on Wednesday evening that he had approved the legislation resoundingly passed by Congress members that directs the Department of Justice to make public more files related to the deceased financier, the deceased child sexual abuser.

The move follows weeks of opposition from the president and his backers in the House and Senate that split his core constituency and generated conflicts with various established backers.

The president had resisted releasing the related records, labeling the matter a "hoax" and criticizing those who sought to release the records accessible, despite promising their disclosure on the campaign trail.

However he reversed course in the past few days after it became apparent the legislative chamber would approve the bill. The president said: "There are no secrets".

The specifics remain uncertain what the justice department will disclose in response to the bill – the legislation specifies a range of possible documents that should be made public, but allows exclusions for certain documents.

The President Approves Legislation to Require Release of More Epstein Files

The measure requires the chief law enforcement officer to make non-classified related files accessible to the public "available for online access", including every inquiry into Epstein, his associate Maxwell, aircraft records and journey documentation, people cited or listed in association with his illegal activities, organizations that were connected with his exploitation or economic systems, protection agreements and additional legal settlements, organizational messages about legal actions, records of his detention and death, and details about any file deletions.

The department will have thirty days to submit the files. The bill provides for some exceptions, including deletions of confidential victim data or personal files, any depictions of youth molestation, publications that would endanger ongoing inquiries or court proceedings and representations of demise or mistreatment.

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