Donald Trump announced on late Wednesday that he had approved the legislation resoundingly approved by American lawmakers that directs the Department of Justice to disclose more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the dead pedophile.
This action arrives after an extended period of opposition from the chief executive and his backers in Congress that fractured his core constituency and generated conflicts with various established backers.
Donald Trump had resisted making public the Epstein documents, calling the situation a "hoax" and criticizing those who wanted to make the records accessible, despite vowing their release on the campaign trail.
Nevertheless he changed direction in the last week after it became apparent the House would endorse the measure. The president stated: "There are no secrets".
It's not clear what the agency will make public in as a result of the measure – the measure details a variety of various records that must be released, but provides exceptions for certain documents.
The President Approves Legislation to Force Publication of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Documents
The measure mandates the top justice official to make unclassified Epstein-related documents publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", encompassing all investigations into Epstein, his colleague Ghislaine Maxwell, flight logs and movement logs, people mentioned or identified in relation to his crimes, institutions that were connected with his trafficking or money operations, protection agreements and other plea agreements, organizational messages about legal actions, records of his detention and passing, and information about potential document destruction.
The department will have 30 days to provide the documents. The bill provides for some exceptions, such as deletions of confidential victim data or individual documents, any descriptions of child sexual abuse, disclosures that would jeopardize ongoing inquiries or court proceedings and descriptions of demise or abuse.
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