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Donald Trump stated on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the legislation decisively approved by US legislators that instructs the Department of Justice to disclose more files regarding the deceased financier, the late child sexual abuser.

This action arrives after months of opposition from the president and his supporters in the legislature that divided his Maga base and created rifts with various established backers.

Trump had resisted making public the related records, describing the situation a "fabrication" and criticizing those who wanted to make the files available, even though pledging their disclosure on the election circuit.

But he altered his position in the past few days after it became apparent the House of Representatives would approve the measure. Donald Trump stated: "Everything is transparent".

The specifics remain uncertain what the agency will disclose in response to the legislation – the legislation outlines a variety of possible documents that need to be disclosed, but allows exclusions for certain documents.

The President Endorses Measure to Require Disclosure of Additional Epstein Documents

The measure requires the attorney general to make non-classified related records accessible to the public "in a searchable and downloadable format", encompassing each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his colleague Maxwell, flight logs and movement logs, individuals cited or listed in relation to his illegal activities, organizations that were tied to his exploitation or economic systems, protection agreements and additional legal settlements, official correspondence about prosecution choices, records of his imprisonment and death, and particulars about potential document destruction.

The agency will have thirty days to provide the documents. The legislation contains some exceptions, such as removals of victims' identifying information or personal files, any representations of minor exploitation, releases that would endanger ongoing inquiries or legal cases and depictions of fatality or abuse.

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