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Donald Trump declared on late Wednesday that he had signed the bill decisively endorsed by Congress members that instructs the Department of Justice to disclose more records related to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased child sexual abuser.

This action comes after weeks of opposition from the leader and his backers in the legislature that divided his political supporters and generated conflicts with various established backers.

Trump had fought against disclosing the related records, calling the situation a "false narrative" and railing against those who sought to release the documents public, despite vowing their disclosure on the campaign trail.

But he altered his position in the past few days after it become clear the House would pass the bill. Trump stated: "There are no secrets".

It's not clear what the department will disclose in as a result of the legislation – the bill details a range of various records that need to be disclosed, but includes exemptions for certain documents.

Donald Trump Endorses Bill to Compel Publication of More Epstein Files

The bill mandates the top justice official to make unclassified Epstein-related files publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", including every inquiry into Epstein, his colleague Ghislaine Maxwell, travel documentation and movement logs, people mentioned or identified in association with his crimes, entities that were linked to his trafficking or financial networks, immunity deals and other plea agreements, official correspondence about legal actions, evidence of his imprisonment and passing, and information about possible record elimination.

The agency will have one month to provide the records. The bill includes certain exemptions, encompassing redactions of confidential victim data or private records, any depictions of youth molestation, releases that would endanger current examinations or prosecutions and representations of demise or mistreatment.

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