Trump Signs Epstein Files Bill After Fight That Split GOP

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By Hadriana Lowenkron

November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM UTC

Updated on

November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM UTC

US President Donald Trump signed legislation to compel the Department of Justice to release files on the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump said in a social media post that he signed the legislation Wednesday, approving a measure he had spent months trying to block in a fight that inflamed tensions in his own party and threatened to undermine his agenda.