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The US leader announced on late Wednesday that he had signed the legislation decisively passed by US legislators that instructs the Department of Justice to release more records related to the deceased financier, the late sex offender.

The move follows weeks of pushback from the president and his political allies in the House and Senate that divided his core constituency and created rifts with certain loyal followers.

Donald Trump had opposed making public the Epstein documents, describing the issue a "fabrication" and condemning those who sought to release the files available, even though promising their publication on the campaign trail.

But he reversed course in the past few days after it was evident the legislative chamber would endorse the legislation. Donald Trump stated: "There are no secrets".

The specifics remain uncertain what the justice department will release in following the bill – the legislation outlines a variety of various records that need to be disclosed, but allows exclusions for certain documents.

Trump Endorses Legislation to Force Disclosure of Further Jeffrey Epstein Documents

The legislation calls for the top justice official to make unclassified Epstein-connected documents accessible to the public "available for online access", including every inquiry into Epstein, his associate Maxwell, aircraft records and travel records, people cited or listed in connection with his illegal activities, entities that were connected with his trafficking or economic systems, exemption arrangements and further court deals, official correspondence about charging decisions, documentation of his imprisonment and demise, and particulars about any file deletions.

The justice department will have 30 days to turn over the records. The measure includes certain exemptions, encompassing deletions of victims' identifying information or personal files, any depictions of child sexual abuse, releases that would endanger ongoing inquiries or prosecutions and representations of demise or mistreatment.

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