U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he has signed a bill ordering the release of government files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, BBC reported yesterday.
The bill requires the US justice department to release within 30 days all information that it holds on investigations into Epstein.
However, some of these documents could be withheld if they relate to an active investigation or are deemed to invade personal privacy.
Trump reversed his opposition to releasing the files, after pushback from Epstein’s victims and members of his own Republican Party. With his support, the legislation overwhelmingly cleared both chambers of Congress earlier this week.
Until recently, Trump had dismissed the need to release the documents, recently calling it a Democrat-led “hoax” to “deflect” attention away from his party’s work. That position was itself a change from the stance he took ahead of the 2024
“Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!” he wrote.
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