The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of a measure that could force the release of all files relating to the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
There were 427 votes in favour of passing the bill, with one representative voting against.
In the face of mounting pressure from Democrats and Republicans, Donald Trump on Sunday urged Republican lawmakers to back the release of the documents. The move marked a sudden and unexpected reversal of his previous opposition to the documents’ release.
Now that the measure has been approved by the Republican-led House, the Senate will hold a vote on the documents’ release.
If the Senate, which is also controlled by Republicans, approves of the measure, it will then need to be signed off by Trump.
Passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act would compel the Department of Justice to make publicly available “in a searchable and downloadable format” all its files relating to Epstein within 30 days.
The files are expected to include flight logs, materials relating to his death in custody, documents related to people and companies with connections to the disgraced financier, along with photos and videos taken from his residences.
Asked on Monday whether he would approve of the bill, titled the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Trump said: “Sure I would.”
He went on to describe the scandal around the convicted paedophile, which has as a “Democrat problem”.
“The Democrats were Epstein’s friends, all of them. It’s a hoax, the whole thing is a hoax.”
Last week, Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate, among others, former US president Bill Clinton, former treasury secretary Lawrence Summers and the US bank JP Morgan Chase for their alleged connections with Epstein.
While Trump has claimed he would sign the bill, the ongoing investigations could be cited by his administration as legal justification for withholding portions of the files.
Epstein finally pleaded guilty to two charges in 2008 – one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18 – and was sentenced to 18 months in jail, most of which he served in a work-release programme.
He was rearrested in 2019 and charged with sex trafficking minors.
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