Action follows months of resistance from the president and his political allies that fractured his Maga base - key US politics stories from Wednesday 19 November at a glance
Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he had signed the bill overwhelmingly approved by US legislators that directs the justice department to release more files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased child sexual abuser.
The president’s signing sets a 30-day countdown for the Justice Department to produce what’s commonly known as the Epstein files.
The move follows months of resistance from the president and his political allies in Congress that fractured his Maga base and created rifts with some of his longtime supporters.
Trump had fought against releasing the Epstein files, calling the issue a “hoax” and railing against those who wanted to make the documents public, despite promising their release on the campaign trail.
