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The President announced on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the bill decisively passed by American lawmakers that instructs the justice department to make public more files regarding the convicted sex offender, the deceased sex offender.

The move follows weeks of opposition from the chief executive and his backers in the legislature that fractured his core constituency and created rifts with certain loyal followers.

Donald Trump had fought against making public the Epstein documents, calling the issue a "hoax" and railing against those who sought to release the records accessible, notwithstanding pledging their release on the political campaign.

However he changed direction in the last week after it was evident the House of Representatives would approve the legislation. Trump said: "Everything is transparent".

The specifics remain uncertain what the agency will make public in following the measure – the legislation outlines a host of potential items that should be made public, but includes exemptions for specific records.

Trump Endorses Legislation to Require Release of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Records

The measure mandates the attorney general to make non-classified related records publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", covering each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, travel documentation and journey documentation, people referenced or named in association with his crimes, entities that were connected with his exploitation or economic systems, protection agreements and further court deals, organizational messages about legal actions, evidence of his detention and passing, and information about possible record elimination.

The justice department will have one month to turn over the records. The bill provides for specific exclusions, encompassing removals of victims' identifying information or individual documents, any descriptions of child sexual abuse, disclosures that would compromise current examinations or prosecutions and depictions of fatality or abuse.

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