US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill compelling the Justice Department to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, using the moment to take potshots at the Democratic Party, which led the bipartisan push to make the documents public.

Trump announced the move in a lengthy Truth Social post, casting the release of the Epstein files as a transparency win he personally drove, a statement contrary to Republican efforts to kill it. He also played up the paedophile financier’s alleged ties to Democrats.

"Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged by the Trump Justice Department in 2019 (Not the Democrats!), was a lifelong Democrat, donated Thousands of Dollars to Democrat Politicians, and was deeply associated with many well-known Democrat figures," Trump wrote, name-ch

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