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DOJ Delays Some Epstein Files Ahead of Friday Deadline
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7:46Now PlayingSarah Krissoff, a former federal prosecutor, said some of the most interesting information in the government's Epstein files is likely to come from the reports of witness interviews by FBI agents.
Democratic lawmakers said they plan to explore “all legal options” after the Justice Department announced it will not release all documents about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein by the Friday deadline, threatening to prolong a high-stakes political fight as the midterm elections come into view.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche earlier in the day told Fox News the department will release hundreds of thousands of files on Friday and “several hundred thousand more” in the coming weeks. Doing so, Democrats countered, violates the law set in bipartisan legislation President Donald Trump signed last month.
“Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are now violating federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence about Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring,” Democratic Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin said in a joint statement on Friday.
Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden called the department’s decision an “insult to the intelligence of the American people,” saying the administration has had “plenty of time” to redact files in compliance with the law.
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