US EditionTrump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, directing the Justice Department to release investigative records on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
- A monthslong bipartisan push led lawmakers to force a vote after House Oversight releases of more than 20,000 estate files spurred momentum, and the House voted 427-1 to advance the measure.
- The bill requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to make unclassified DOJ, FBI and U.S. Attorney records public within 30 days, allowing her to withhold or redact sensitive files and naming SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead.
- Republican divisions widened, with some GOP figures breaking with President Donald Trump, while House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was deeply disappointed with Senate action and Epstein survivors warned timing uncertainty remains.
- Despite Trump's framing on Truth Social, the attorney general retains authority to redact or withhold records, as Trump said, 'As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill.
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Donald Trump has completed his turn in Jeffrey Epstein's soap opera this Wednesday night – early Thursday night in Spain – : he signed the Congressional law for the declassification of all documents on the maligned paedophile in the possession of the Department of Justice.The President of the United States announced the signing of the law in a message on his social network, after having opposed the declassification for months.He has only agreed …
Following the broad adoption by the U.S. Congress of the bill on "transparency in the Epstein case", the U.S. President signed the bill that forced his administration to make public all the documents relating to this case that are in the possession of the authorities.
The text voted on Tuesday in Congress gives a month to the Ministry of Justice to disclose the documents about the sexual criminal who died in prison. After being long opposed to it, the president had made volte-face Sunday.
The pressure on the U.S. president has become too great - now he has authorized the publication of files on a case that he has not got rid of. What that means.
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