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The President announced on late Wednesday that he had endorsed the measure decisively passed by US legislators that instructs the justice department to release more files concerning the deceased financier, the dead pedophile.

The move arrives after months of opposition from the president and his backers in the legislature that divided his core constituency and created rifts with some of his longtime supporters.

Donald Trump had resisted making public the Epstein files, labeling the matter a "hoax" and railing against those who sought to release the documents public, notwithstanding vowing their release on the election circuit.

But he changed direction in the last week after it became apparent the House would approve the measure. The president said: "We have nothing to hide".

The specifics remain uncertain what the justice department will make public in response to the measure – the legislation specifies a variety of potential items that must be released, but provides exceptions for specific records.

Trump Approves Bill to Force Disclosure of Further Jeffrey Epstein Files

The measure mandates the attorney general to make unclassified Epstein-connected documents publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", encompassing all investigations into Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, aircraft records and travel records, individuals mentioned or identified in relation to his illegal activities, institutions that were linked to his trafficking or economic systems, protection agreements and other plea agreements, official correspondence about prosecution choices, evidence of his imprisonment and death, and details about any file deletions.

The agency will have thirty days to provide the files. The bill includes specific exclusions, encompassing deletions of confidential victim data or private records, any descriptions of youth molestation, disclosures that would endanger current examinations or legal cases and representations of fatality or exploitation.

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