"The release comes after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the justice department to release all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in its possession relating to the investigation and prosecution of Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors. The law also requires the justice department to release any materials from the investigation that relate to Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell."
"In the days before the House vote on the measure in November, as it became evident that the legislation would pass, Donald Trump, who had spent months opposing the measure and urging Republicans to block it, abruptly reversed his position and encouraged Republican lawmakers to support it. On 19 November, Trump, who has the authority as the president to release the documents himself but has chosen not to, announced that he had signed the bill into law."
The Department of Justice released a large tranche of documents related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting federal sex‑trafficking charges. The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the justice department to release all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials related to the investigation and prosecution and to release any materials related to Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of aiding Epstein's sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years. The law includes exemptions for materials that would jeopardize active federal investigations. The law requires the justice department to provide Congress, within 15 days, a list of record categories released and withheld.
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