The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Wednesday through his Truth Social account that he signed the bill that orders the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish all its files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
“The Democrats have used the Epstein issue, which affects them much more than the Republican Party, to try to divert attention from our INCREDIBLE victories,” was the message with which the president accompanied the news of having ratified the bill, a day after Congress ordered it to be sent to his desk.
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The bill, formally known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday with a vote of 427 in favor and just 1 against, showing almost unanimous support for the legislative effort.
The Senate unanimously approved it without the need for a new vote and sent it to the White House, thanks to a motion that was presented by Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer.
Despite Trump’s signature, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced this Wednesday that the Department of Justice had up to 30 days to release the files in their entirety.
The law comes after more than four years of demands for transparency from Trump’s opposition, as well as from the relatives of Epstein’s victims, who seek that the publication allows evidence of possible accomplices and criminal responsibilities.
The law advanced thanks to the fact that last week a group of House Democrats released some 20,000 new files that included emails where the deceased pedophile claimed that Trump was aware of his crimes and that he had in fact spent “hours” with one of the victims in his mansion.
The Republican president has been upset by the accusations against him related to the Epstein case, to the point where last Friday he ordered a reporter to shut up and called her a “little pig” when she asked him about the files that possibly involve him with victims.
With information from EFE
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