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The US leader announced on Wednesday evening that he had signed the bill decisively endorsed by US legislators that mandates the federal justice agency to release more files related to the deceased financier, the dead child sexual abuser.

This decision arrives after an extended period of opposition from the president and his backers in the legislature that split his core constituency and generated conflicts with some of his longtime supporters.

The president had fought against releasing the related records, describing the issue a "hoax" and railing against those who wanted to make the documents public, notwithstanding promising their disclosure on the campaign trail.

Nevertheless he altered his position in the last week after it become clear the legislative chamber would approve the measure. Trump said: "We have nothing to hide".

The details are unknown what the justice department will make public in following the measure – the measure details a range of potential items that need to be disclosed, but includes exemptions for certain documents.

Trump Approves Measure to Compel Disclosure of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Files

The legislation calls for the top justice official to make unclassified related records publicly available "in an easily accessible digital format", encompassing each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Maxwell, flight logs and movement logs, persons cited or listed in association with his crimes, institutions that were connected with his human trafficking or money operations, exemption arrangements and further court deals, internal communications about prosecution choices, documentation of his detention and passing, and information about any file deletions.

The department will have thirty days to submit the files. The legislation includes certain exemptions, encompassing redactions of confidential victim data or individual documents, any descriptions of child sexual abuse, releases that would endanger active investigations or legal cases and descriptions of death or exploitation.

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