Chief Executive Endorses Measure to Make Public Additional Jeffrey Epstein Records Following Months of Opposition
Donald Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the measure overwhelmingly endorsed by US legislators that mandates the Department of Justice to release more records regarding the deceased financier, the deceased pedophile.
The move arrives after an extended period of resistance from the chief executive and his supporters in Congress that divided his political supporters and caused divisions with certain loyal followers.
Trump had fought against releasing the related records, describing the matter a "hoax" and railing against those who wanted to make the documents public, notwithstanding promising their publication on the election circuit.
But he changed direction in the past few days after it became apparent the House would approve the legislation. Trump said: "There are no secrets".
It's not clear what the justice department will release in following the measure – the legislation outlines a variety of various records that must be released, but includes exemptions for certain documents.
Donald Trump Endorses Bill to Force Publication of Further Epstein Documents
The bill requires the chief law enforcement officer to make non-classified Epstein-connected documents publicly available "in an easily accessible digital format", including every inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein, his colleague his accomplice, travel documentation and travel records, persons referenced or named in relation to his crimes, organizations that were connected with his human trafficking or money operations, exemption arrangements and additional legal settlements, official correspondence about prosecution choices, documentation of his confinement and passing, and particulars about potential document destruction.
The department will have thirty days to provide the records. The measure provides for certain exemptions, encompassing redactions of victims' identifying information or individual documents, any representations of child sexual abuse, publications that would compromise active investigations or legal cases and representations of fatality or mistreatment.
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