President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to force the the Department of Justice to release its case files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , capitulating to pressure from within his own party after spending months trying to kill it.

In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump made the announcement and took credit for the bill’s passage, despite supporting it only after it became clear it would pass against his wishes. The president also insisted that the scrutiny over the so-called Epstein files was a distraction to diminish his administration’s progress. “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,” wrote Trump.

During Trump’s 2024 campaign, he promised

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