The Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files, a court filing has revealed, as Democrats step up criticism of the Trump administration’s “lawlessness” for keeping records under seal.
“This work has required and will continue to require substantial department resources.”
She said about 400 justice department lawyers were supporting “efforts to comply”, along with 100 FBI document analysts trained in handling sensitive material.
Democrats, however, remain determined to press the justice department over the Epstein documents despite other stories such as the capture by US forces of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, dominating the news cycle.
“It’s been 17 DAYS since the Trump DOJ first broke the law and failed to release all the Epstein files.
“Required redactions to protect victims take time but they will not stop these materials from being released.”.
She said she wanted the British former royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a close friend of Epstein and Maxwell, to be “brought to justice” in the US. »