US EditionSenate Democrats seek Jeffrey Epstein files from Trump administration through obscure law
UNITED STATES CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 30 – Senate Democrats invoke a rarely used law to demand DOJ release all Epstein case files by Aug. 15, pressing for transparency after repeated delays by the Trump administration.
- A group of Senate Democrats requested the Justice Department to release criminal investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein by August 15, citing a century-old federal law regarding committee jurisdiction.
- The law allows five members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee to request information without needing subpoena power, even when in the minority.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer highlighted Trump's previous promise to release Epstein's files, stating he has not fulfilled it.
- Trump remarked that Epstein had taken workers from his Mar-a-Lago club, mentioning a falling out between them.
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Gallego, other Senate Democrats, invoke century-old law to force release of Epstein files
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., demanding the release of the Epstein files at the U.S. Capitol on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday began charting a little-known legal path to force President Donald Trump’s ad…
Donald Trump dominates the discourse in the US. Now the Democrats want to make use of the Epstein files.
Senate Democrats make late push to drive GOP’s Epstein files headache
Democrats in the Senate are picking up the baton from their colleagues in the House to keep the Jeffrey Epstein saga in the news cycle and stoke GOP divisions. A small group of Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck…
Senate Democrats make late Epstein files push - Washington Examiner
Democrats in the Senate are picking up the baton from their colleagues in the House to keep the Jeffrey Epstein saga in the news cycle and stoke GOP divisions. A small group of Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), is invoking a nearly century-old law to try to obtain the Epstein files from the Justice Department in a move that could also splinter Republicans in the upper chamber who’ve largely avoided scrutiny from thei…
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