President Donald Trump has signed legislation that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts.

Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago. Now, he says the move will “backfire” on Democrats, who have also pushed for the release in recent months.

“Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our amazing Victories,” Trump said in a social media post as he announced he had signed the bill.

Trump emphasised Epstein’s links to the Democratic Party and noted that “many well-known Democrat figures, such as Bill Clinton” were associated with the d

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