President Trump signs bill authorizing release of Epstein Files

President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed the Epstein Transparency Act, which authorizes the Justice Department to release all unclassified files related to the late-convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

The House and Senate passed the legislation on Tuesday, with only Louisiana GOP Rep. Clay Higgins voting against the bill. Trump promised on Monday to sign the act if it passed both chambers of Congress. 

The president claimed that it was actually Democrats who should be concerned about the files because Epstein allegedly had more friends in the Democratic circle.

"Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES," Trump posted on Truth Social. "At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress. 

"Do not forget — The Biden Administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him," he continued. "Democrats have used the 'Epstein' issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories."

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