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The President stated on late Wednesday that he had signed the bill overwhelmingly passed by US legislators that instructs the federal justice agency to make public more files concerning the convicted sex offender, the late child sexual abuser.

The move follows months of opposition from the president and his political allies in the House and Senate that fractured his Maga base and generated conflicts with some of his longtime supporters.

The president had fought against disclosing the Epstein documents, calling the matter a "fabrication" and condemning those who wanted to make the documents public, even though promising their disclosure on the election circuit.

However he reversed course in the past few days after it become clear the legislative chamber would approve the legislation. The president said: "Everything is transparent".

It's not clear what the department will disclose in response to the measure – the bill outlines a range of potential items that should be made public, but includes exemptions for specific records.

The President Signs Measure to Force Publication of Further the financier Documents

The legislation requires the attorney general to make unclassified Epstein-related records publicly available "in an easily accessible digital format", encompassing each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, aircraft records and movement logs, individuals cited or listed in connection with his crimes, organizations that were tied to his exploitation or economic systems, protection agreements and other plea agreements, internal communications about prosecution choices, records of his detention and death, and information about possible record elimination.

The agency will have one month to provide the files. The legislation contains specific exclusions, including redactions of victims' identifying information or personal files, any representations of minor exploitation, releases that would compromise active investigations or court proceedings and descriptions of fatality or abuse.

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