A bill requiring the US Justice Department to make its records on deceased sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein public was enacted by the US Congress. A day after the House of Representatives passed the bill 427-1, the Senate delivered it to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
After unexpectedly changing his mind on Sunday and urged other Republicans to approve the release of the information as a backbench uprising among rank-and-file lawmakers demanded transparency, Trump has declared he will sign the legislation.
The Epstein files contain records from the financier’s criminal investigations, including transcripts of witness and victim interviews and items recovered during raids on his properties.
When questioned about the Epstein files on Wednesday morning during an unrelated press appearance, US Attorney General Pam Bondi responded, “We’ll continue to follow the law with maximum transparency, while protecting victims. It happened the day after Epstein survivors spoke at the US Capitol in favor of the legislation. They had endured “institutional betrayal” for years, according to one of them.
John Thune, the majority leader of the Senate, told CNN that he anticipated the upper chamber receiving the measure from the lower one on Wednesday morning, passing it, and sending it to President Trump for his signature.
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