Chief Executive Endorses Bill to Release More Jeffrey Epstein Files After Period of Opposition
The President announced on Wednesday night that he had endorsed the legislation overwhelmingly approved by American lawmakers that directs the justice department to disclose more records regarding the deceased financier, the dead child sexual abuser.
The move follows months of resistance from the president and his political allies in the House and Senate that split his core constituency and caused divisions with various established backers.
Donald Trump had fought against disclosing the Epstein files, calling the matter a "hoax" and condemning those who attempted to publish the documents public, notwithstanding promising their disclosure on the political campaign.
However he reversed course in the last week after it became apparent the House would pass the bill. Trump commented: "We have nothing to hide".
The specifics remain uncertain what the department will release in response to the measure – the bill specifies a host of various records that must be released, but allows exclusions for specific records.
Trump Approves Bill to Force Release of More Epstein Records
The measure requires the attorney general to make unclassified Epstein-related files publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", including every inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein, his colleague his accomplice, flight logs and movement logs, individuals referenced or named in association with his offenses, institutions that were connected with his human trafficking or economic systems, immunity deals and further court deals, internal communications about legal actions, evidence of his detention and passing, and particulars about potential document destruction.
The justice department will have thirty days to submit the files. The legislation contains specific exclusions, encompassing redactions of victims' identifying information or private records, any descriptions of child sexual abuse, publications that would jeopardize current examinations or court proceedings and representations of fatality or exploitation.
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