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Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he had approved the bill overwhelmingly approved by Congress members that directs the justice department to release more records related to the deceased financier, the dead sex offender.

This decision follows months of pushback from the leader and his backers in the legislature that split his Maga base and created rifts with some of his longtime supporters.

Trump had opposed disclosing the Epstein files, describing the issue a "hoax" and railing against those who wanted to make the documents public, notwithstanding promising their release on the campaign trail.

However he altered his position in recent days after it become clear the House would endorse the legislation. The president commented: "We have nothing to hide".

The specifics remain uncertain what the agency will release in response to the legislation – the bill specifies a range of potential items that should be made public, but provides exceptions for certain documents.

The President Approves Measure to Require Release of Further Epstein Documents

The legislation calls for the chief law enforcement officer to make unclassified related records open for review "available for online access", including each examination into Epstein, his colleague his accomplice, travel documentation and journey documentation, people cited or listed in relation to his offenses, entities that were connected with his exploitation or money operations, immunity deals and additional legal settlements, organizational messages about prosecution choices, evidence of his imprisonment and passing, and particulars about potential document destruction.

The agency will have thirty days to submit the records. The legislation provides for some exceptions, encompassing removals of personal details of victims or individual documents, any depictions of child sexual abuse, publications that would endanger ongoing inquiries or court proceedings and descriptions of death or exploitation.

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