Chief Executive Signs Measure to Disclose Additional Epstein Files After Months of Resistance
The US leader stated on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the legislation resoundingly endorsed by Congress members that mandates the justice department to disclose more documents related to the convicted sex offender, the deceased child sexual abuser.
The move follows weeks of opposition from the chief executive and his backers in Congress that split his core constituency and caused divisions with certain loyal followers.
Trump had opposed making public the related records, labeling the matter a "false narrative" and criticizing those who wanted to make the records accessible, even though vowing their disclosure on the election circuit.
But he changed direction in recent days after it become clear the House would approve the legislation. Donald Trump said: "We have nothing to hide".
The details are unknown what the justice department will make public in response to the legislation – the bill details a range of potential items that should be made public, but provides exceptions for certain documents.
Donald Trump Endorses Measure to Compel Publication of Additional Epstein Documents
The measure mandates the chief law enforcement officer to make public Epstein-related records open for review "available for online access", covering each examination into Epstein, his associate his accomplice, travel documentation and travel records, persons referenced or named in association with his illegal activities, institutions that were connected with his exploitation or money operations, protection agreements and other plea agreements, official correspondence about charging decisions, evidence of his detention and death, and details about potential document destruction.
The justice department will have one month to turn over the records. The bill provides for certain exemptions, encompassing deletions of personal details of victims or individual documents, any descriptions of youth molestation, releases that would endanger active investigations or court proceedings and descriptions of death or exploitation.
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