President Donald Trump finally signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which will direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make its investigated files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein public within the next 30 days.
Both the House and Senate passed the bill this week with overwhelming margins after the president Trump took a reversal on his previous months-long opposition to the bill and hinted that he would sign it.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will release its files from the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, following the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act in Congress.
Donald Trump shared the update after signing the bill on his social media platform, Truth Social.
He wrote, “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.”
It's worth noting that President Trump has traditionally signed major bills in front of the cameras in the Oval Office, but this time he chose not to.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels the DOJ and AG Pam Bondi to publicly release nearly all federal files (roughly 100,000 pages) from the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations, plus internal communications about Epstein’s 2019 death.
The act, however, allows omission only for victim identities, child abuse material, classified info, and anything linked to the ongoing investigations.
For the unversed, Trump and Epstein were friends during the 1990s and early 2000s before the two had a falling out.
The emails released last week by the Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and separately by House Democrats mention Donald Trump by name.
In one of the emails, Jeffrey Epstein said about Trump, “I’m the one able to take him down.”
Epstein, in other emails released by House Democrats, said Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and “knew about the girls.”
But U.S. President Donald Trump, last week on November 14, 2025, while onboard Air Force One, broke his silence on the Epstein emails when asked by the reporters.
He said, ”I know nothing about that.”
