US EditionSchumer urges Senate to take legal action over Justice Department’s staggered Epstein files release
Schumer urges Senate lawsuits to compel Justice Department compliance after partial, heavily redacted Epstein records release failed to meet transparency law requirements.
- On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged colleagues to take legal action over the Justice Department's redacted Epstein records and introduced a resolution directing the Senate to file lawsuits enforcing the Epstein Files Transparency Act enacted last month.
- Justice Department disclosures showed released records, including photographs and transcripts, were either already public or heavily blacked out and often lacked necessary context, while FBI victim interviews and internal DOJ memos were not included due to time-consuming redactions.
- The DOJ briefly posted then removed files that had been available Friday but were inaccessible by Saturday, including a photograph showing Donald Trump with Epstein, Melania Trump, and Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Lacking Republican backing, the resolution is largely symbolic but lets Democrats continue pressuring for fuller disclosure while the Senate is off until Jan. 5.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended releasing a fraction of files as necessary to protect survivors and said the Trump administration will meet its obligation while acting cautiously.
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"Protecting potential accomplices is not the transparency that the American people and Congress are seeking," Schumer said.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer escalated the fight over the Jeffrey Epstein files on Monday, announcing plans to introduce a resolution authorizing the Senate to pursue legal action against the Justice Department for failing to fully comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The move comes after the DOJ missed the December 19 deadline for complete […]
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Schumer urges action over Epstein release
NEW YORK — The Senate's top Democrat urged colleagues Monday to take legal action over the Justice Department's incremental and heavily redacted release of records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein victims ask Congress to ensure Justice Dept. releases all files
Jess Michaels, who has said that Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, said she was so upset over how the Justice Department was releasing its investigative files on the disgraced financier that she called her lawyer to draft a letter.
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