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Conspiracy theories had been swirling for years about Epstein given his connections to the rich and powerful, the seriousness of the allegations against him and the lenient plea deal he received back in 2008.
Those theories became supercharged after he died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in New York in 2019, in part stoked by Trump and some of his allies. After Trump took office, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was personally reviewing the files. But when the DOJ and the FBI issued an unsigned memo in July declaring they'd reviewed the files, and concluded in part that they found no evidence that would lead to other people being charged and said they would not be releasing any further information, a furious backlash ensued, including from some of the president's closest supporters. The backlash led Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. and a frequent target of the president's, and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., to propose the Epstein Files Transparency Act to make the DOJ's files public. They used a rarely successful mechanism known as a discharge petition to force a vote on the bill, which, after being stalled during the government shutdown, passed last month. It was signed into law by Trump on Nov. 19.
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