00:00U.S. lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted to release investigative documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sex crimes, following a shift in position by President Trump on the matter.
00:14The bill, which passed with a 427 to one majority, requires the Department of Justice to disclose all documents and records connected to the American financier, who died in prison in 2019 before standing trial on charges of sexual offenses.
00:36For months, Trump had mounted an aggressive campaign to block the vote in the House of Representatives, a move that could have carried politically embarrassing consequences for the president, who has repeatedly insisted he had no connection to Epstein and that he expelled him from his club after seeing him behave like a sick pervert.
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