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The US leader announced on Wednesday night that he had signed the bill decisively passed by Congress members that instructs the justice department to release more files related to the convicted sex offender, the dead sex offender.

This action follows months of opposition from the chief executive and his supporters in Congress that split his core constituency and created rifts with some of his longtime supporters.

Donald Trump had fought against releasing the Epstein files, labeling the situation a "false narrative" and condemning those who wanted to make the records accessible, notwithstanding pledging their release on the political campaign.

But he reversed course in the last week after it became apparent the House would endorse the bill. The president commented: "Everything is transparent".

It's not clear what the agency will release in as a result of the legislation – the legislation outlines a variety of possible documents that must be released, but allows exclusions for specific records.

Donald Trump Approves Bill to Require Release of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Records

The legislation requires the top justice official to make unclassified Epstein-connected documents publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", including every inquiry into Epstein, his associate his accomplice, aircraft records and movement logs, people cited or listed in connection with his offenses, institutions that were tied to his exploitation or money operations, immunity deals and other plea agreements, organizational messages about legal actions, records of his imprisonment and death, and particulars about potential document destruction.

The justice department will have one month to submit the records. The legislation provides for certain exemptions, such as deletions of confidential victim data or private records, any descriptions of child sexual abuse, disclosures that would jeopardize active investigations or court proceedings and depictions of demise or exploitation.

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