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The US leader announced on Wednesday evening that he had approved the bill resoundingly endorsed by American lawmakers that mandates the federal justice agency to make public more files related to the deceased financier, the late pedophile.

This action arrives after months of resistance from the leader and his supporters in Congress that split his core constituency and created rifts with some of his longtime supporters.

The president had fought against disclosing the Epstein documents, describing the matter a "hoax" and criticizing those who wanted to make the files available, even though vowing their disclosure on the campaign trail.

But he changed direction in the last week after it was evident the legislative chamber would endorse the legislation. Trump stated: "There are no secrets".

The specifics remain uncertain what the department will disclose in response to the measure – the measure specifies a host of various records that need to be disclosed, but provides exceptions for specific records.

The President Approves Legislation to Compel Disclosure of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Documents

The bill requires the top justice official to make unclassified related documents publicly available "available for online access", covering all investigations into Epstein, his associate Maxwell, travel documentation and travel records, persons cited or listed in relation to his offenses, organizations that were tied to his exploitation or money operations, exemption arrangements and additional legal settlements, official correspondence about legal actions, evidence of his imprisonment and demise, and information about any file deletions.

The justice department will have one month to turn over the documents. The legislation provides for specific exclusions, encompassing removals of confidential victim data or individual documents, any representations of child sexual abuse, releases that would jeopardize current examinations or court proceedings and depictions of demise or mistreatment.

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