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Donald Trump declared on late Wednesday that he had endorsed the measure resoundingly passed by US legislators that instructs the federal justice agency to make public more files concerning Jeffrey Epstein, the dead sex offender.

The move arrives after months of opposition from the president and his supporters in the legislature that split his Maga base and created rifts with some of his longtime supporters.

The president had resisted releasing the related records, calling the situation a "false narrative" and condemning those who attempted to publish the records accessible, even though promising their disclosure on the political campaign.

However he changed direction in the last week after it become clear the House would pass the bill. The president said: "There are no secrets".

It's not clear what the justice department will release in following the legislation – the measure outlines a range of potential items that need to be disclosed, but provides exceptions for specific records.

Donald Trump Approves Bill to Require Disclosure of Additional Jeffrey Epstein Files

The measure requires the chief law enforcement officer to make public Epstein-connected files publicly available "in a searchable and downloadable format", including each examination into Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, aircraft records and movement logs, persons mentioned or identified in relation to his crimes, institutions that were linked to his exploitation or financial networks, exemption arrangements and other plea agreements, internal communications about legal actions, evidence of his imprisonment and demise, and particulars about potential document destruction.

The agency will have one month to provide the files. The measure contains some exceptions, encompassing redactions of personal details of victims or personal files, any depictions of minor exploitation, publications that would jeopardize active investigations or legal cases and depictions of fatality or mistreatment.

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