President Trump signed a bill ordering the Department of Justice to release of all files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, he announced on Wednesday night.

Why it matters: The bill that passed in Congress on Tuesday requires the DOJ to "make publicly available" within 30 days "a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession" of the department, including the FBI and U.S. Attorneys' Offices, that relate to Epstein. • Trump had previously resisted calls to release the Epstein files and repeatedly referred to the matter as a "hoax."

Driving the news: The president said in his announcement on Truth Social that this "latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have!"

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