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The President declared on late Wednesday that he had approved the measure overwhelmingly approved by US legislators that instructs the federal justice agency to disclose more records regarding Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender.

This decision comes after months of pushback from the president and his backers in Congress that fractured his core constituency and generated conflicts with certain loyal followers.

The president had opposed disclosing the Epstein files, labeling the situation a "fabrication" and railing against those who attempted to publish the files available, notwithstanding vowing their publication on the campaign trail.

But he altered his position in the past few days after it become clear the House would approve the legislation. Trump said: "We have nothing to hide".

It's not clear what the justice department will disclose in following the measure – the bill outlines a variety of possible documents that should be made public, but provides exceptions for some materials.

Trump Signs Bill to Compel Release of Further Jeffrey Epstein Records

The legislation mandates the chief law enforcement officer to make unclassified related documents open for review "available for online access", encompassing every inquiry into Epstein, his colleague his accomplice, aircraft records and travel records, persons referenced or named in association with his crimes, entities that were linked to his human trafficking or money operations, immunity deals and further court deals, organizational messages about prosecution choices, evidence of his detention and death, and information about possible record elimination.

The agency will have one month to provide the records. The bill includes some exceptions, including redactions of confidential victim data or individual documents, any representations of child sexual abuse, disclosures that would endanger ongoing inquiries or court proceedings and descriptions of death or mistreatment.

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