President Donald Trump announced that he signed a bill on Nov. 19 that compels the Justice Department to release all files linked to the disgraced financier and indicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein .

Trump made the announcement, claiming that the growing demand for transparency on Epstein's relationships with the rich and powerful, including the president himself , was the "latest Hoax (sic)" created by Democrats. He pointed to high-profile Democrats connected to Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019, including former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers .

A pair of lawmakers, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, championed the legislation as Trump's initial opposition to the bill drew backlash from members of his own pa

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