The President of the United States, Donald Trump, assured this morning that he has already signed the case of the deceased pedophile but the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not specified when and how they will be released.
In his extensive message in Truth Social, before reporting on the signing of the law, Trump linked Epstein to the Democrats, saying that he donated money to them “all his life” and highlighted his relationship with former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
The president took credit for the approval of the bill in both chambers of Congress, ensuring that the unanimous vote led by the Republican party was an express order from him.
Trump, who had previously opposed the publication of the files, changed his position after they were published last week in which the pedophile claimed that the Republican magnate had spent “hours” with one of the victims.
The publication dealt a new blow to Trump, who a week earlier had described as a “defeat” for his party the way in which the Democrats swept key local elections for governors and mayors across the country. All of this happened during the 43 days of the longest government shutdown in the country’s history.
When will they be published?
The Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, announced that the DOJ will publish the files related to financier Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, after the approval of the bill that orders their disclosure.
Bondi stressed that the publication will be made “following the law and promoting maximum transparency,” although he warned that some documents may not be made public if their dissemination would affect ongoing investigations or the protection of victims of child trafficking.
Bondi recalled that more than 33,000 documents have already been delivered to Congress and that the victims will continue to be protected during the disclosure of the files.
The official refused to give details about the nature of the “new information” that motivated the reopening of certain lines of investigation related to Epstein, citing that these are active processes in the Prosecutor’s Office of the Southern District of New York and that no further comments can be offered on the matter.
Trump’s popularity falls
After the publication of the files that imply a possible complicity of Trump in supposedly knowing about Epstein’s crimes, various media outlets conducted surveys, starting from his return to the White House last January.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll, published this Tuesday, showed that President Donald Trump’s approval has fallen to 38% and the disapproval was linked to the popular belief of respondents that the president and his Administration have hidden details of the Epstein case.
The survey, conducted over four days between November 14 and 17, also reveals that disapproval of Trump has increased significantly, with 59% of respondents expressing a negative assessment of his administration.
Even among his own party, the president would be losing momentum: Support among Republican voters fell from 87% in an earlier poll to 82%, according to the same poll.
For its part, a recent Fox News poll, conducted from November 14 to 17 with 1,005 registered voters, points to 58% disapproval of Trump, with only 41% approving of his management.
