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The US leader stated on Wednesday evening that he had endorsed the measure decisively passed by US legislators that mandates the federal justice agency to release more documents regarding the deceased financier, the dead sex offender.

The move follows weeks of resistance from the leader and his backers in Congress that split his core constituency and created rifts with certain loyal followers.

The president had fought against making public the related records, describing the matter a "fabrication" and criticizing those who wanted to make the documents public, even though vowing their publication on the campaign trail.

Nevertheless he changed direction in the last week after it became apparent the House of Representatives would endorse the legislation. Donald Trump stated: "We have nothing to hide".

It's not clear what the justice department will make public in response to the bill – the bill details a host of various records that must be released, but includes exemptions for specific records.

The President Endorses Legislation to Force Disclosure of More Epstein Files

The bill mandates the chief law enforcement officer to make non-classified Epstein-related records accessible to the public "available for online access", covering each examination into Jeffrey Epstein, his colleague Ghislaine Maxwell, flight logs and travel records, persons referenced or named in association with his illegal activities, institutions that were connected with his exploitation or financial networks, protection agreements and additional legal settlements, organizational messages about prosecution choices, documentation of his imprisonment and death, and information about possible record elimination.

The agency will have 30 days to submit the records. The measure includes certain exemptions, such as removals of personal details of victims or individual documents, any representations of child sexual abuse, releases that would jeopardize current examinations or legal cases and depictions of demise or exploitation.

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