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Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he had signed the bill resoundingly endorsed by American lawmakers that mandates the federal justice agency to release more files concerning the convicted sex offender, the dead sex offender.

This decision follows weeks of resistance from the president and his political allies in Congress that divided his core constituency and generated conflicts with certain loyal followers.

The president had fought against releasing the related records, describing the issue a "hoax" and criticizing those who wanted to make the records accessible, even though vowing their release on the political campaign.

Nevertheless he changed direction in the last week after it was evident the House would approve the measure. The president commented: "Everything is transparent".

The details are unknown what the justice department will release in as a result of the legislation – the measure details a host of potential items that must be released, but allows exclusions for some materials.

Donald Trump Approves Legislation to Require Release of More Jeffrey Epstein Records

The bill mandates the attorney general to make non-classified Epstein-connected files publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", including each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his colleague his accomplice, aircraft records and travel records, persons mentioned or identified in relation to his offenses, organizations that were tied to his exploitation or economic systems, protection agreements and further court deals, organizational messages about charging decisions, records of his confinement and demise, and details about any file deletions.

The agency will have 30 days to submit the files. The bill contains some exceptions, encompassing deletions of confidential victim data or personal files, any representations of minor exploitation, releases that would jeopardize ongoing inquiries or prosecutions and representations of demise or abuse.

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