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Donald Trump stated on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the bill overwhelmingly endorsed by US legislators that mandates the federal justice agency to disclose more files related to the convicted sex offender, the deceased sex offender.

The move arrives after weeks of resistance from the leader and his backers in the legislature that divided his core constituency and generated conflicts with various established backers.

The president had resisted disclosing the Epstein documents, calling the issue a "false narrative" and railing against those who wanted to make the documents public, notwithstanding pledging their release on the political campaign.

However he changed direction in the past few days after it was evident the legislative chamber would pass the measure. Donald Trump said: "We have nothing to hide".

It's not clear what the justice department will release in following the legislation – the measure outlines a variety of possible documents that must be released, but allows exclusions for certain documents.

Donald Trump Endorses Measure to Force Disclosure of More Jeffrey Epstein Records

The bill mandates the chief law enforcement officer to make unclassified Epstein-connected documents publicly available "available for online access", covering every inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, flight logs and travel records, persons referenced or named in association with his crimes, institutions that were connected with his human trafficking or financial networks, protection agreements and additional legal settlements, organizational messages about prosecution choices, records of his confinement and death, and information about potential document destruction.

The department will have 30 days to turn over the files. The measure contains certain exemptions, including deletions of victims' identifying information or personal files, any depictions of minor exploitation, disclosures that would endanger active investigations or prosecutions and descriptions of death or mistreatment.

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