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The US Justice Department will release files from its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, attorney general Pam Bondi says after Congress voted nearly unanimously to force President Donald Trump’s administration to make them public.
The material could shed more light on the activities of Epstein, who socialised with Trump and other notable figures before his 2008 conviction on charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution.
The scandal has been a thorn in Trump’s side for months, partly because he amplified conspiracy theories about Epstein to his own supporters.
A significant number of Trump supporters suspect that his administration may have concealed connections between Jeffrey Epstein and influential individuals. They also question the transparency of the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death, which the New York City medical examiner classified as a suicide. Epstein died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
