President Approves Measure to Disclose Additional Jeffrey Epstein Records After Months of Opposition
Donald Trump declared on late Wednesday that he had approved the legislation resoundingly passed by US legislators that directs the federal justice agency to make public more documents related to the deceased financier, the dead sex offender.
The move comes after months of resistance from the leader and his backers in the House and Senate that divided his political supporters and caused divisions with some of his longtime supporters.
The president had fought against releasing the related records, describing the issue a "false narrative" and railing against those who wanted to make the documents public, notwithstanding promising their release on the campaign trail.
However he changed direction in the last week after it become clear the legislative chamber would pass the legislation. Trump commented: "We have nothing to hide".
It's not clear what the justice department will disclose in response to the measure – the measure details a host of possible documents that need to be disclosed, but includes exemptions for some materials.
Donald Trump Endorses Bill to Compel Publication of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Records
The measure calls for the top justice official to make public related records accessible to the public "in an easily accessible digital format", encompassing every inquiry into Epstein, his associate his accomplice, flight logs and travel records, individuals referenced or named in association with his illegal activities, institutions that were linked to his trafficking or financial networks, immunity deals and further court deals, organizational messages about charging decisions, records of his imprisonment and death, and details about any file deletions.
The justice department will have thirty days to submit the records. The bill contains certain exemptions, including deletions of personal details of victims or personal files, any representations of minor exploitation, disclosures that would endanger active investigations or court proceedings and descriptions of fatality or exploitation.
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