During his third presidential run, Trump promised to release investigative files involving someone Trump had once called a “terrific guy”. In a rare display of bipartisanship, members of Congress took matters into their own hands, conducting their own investigations and passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November. Trump, despite repeatedly calling the Epstein files a “hoax”, signed the bill into law. His justice department had 30 days to disclose publicly all Epstein files, with rare exceptions. “Trump wants Americans to ‘move on’ from the Epstein files.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2026 10:58 UTC