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Donald Trump stated on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the bill decisively approved by American lawmakers that mandates the federal justice agency to disclose more records concerning the deceased financier, the dead child sexual abuser.

This action arrives after weeks of resistance from the chief executive and his political allies in the legislature that fractured his core constituency and created rifts with certain loyal followers.

The president had fought against making public the related records, labeling the matter a "false narrative" and railing against those who attempted to publish the files available, despite pledging their disclosure on the election circuit.

However he altered his position in the past few days after it become clear the House of Representatives would endorse the bill. Trump commented: "Everything is transparent".

The details are unknown what the justice department will disclose in response to the measure – the bill specifies a variety of possible documents that should be made public, but allows exclusions for certain documents.

Trump Approves Legislation to Force Release of Further Epstein Records

The measure mandates the top justice official to make unclassified related records accessible to the public "in a searchable and downloadable format", encompassing each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his associate his accomplice, aircraft records and travel records, people referenced or named in connection with his offenses, entities that were tied to his exploitation or money operations, exemption arrangements and other plea agreements, official correspondence about prosecution choices, evidence of his detention and demise, and information about any file deletions.

The justice department will have one month to turn over the documents. The bill contains some exceptions, including redactions of personal details of victims or private records, any descriptions of youth molestation, releases that would jeopardize active investigations or legal cases and representations of death or exploitation.

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