Lawyers plan to use surprise tactic against Trump admin and release Epstein files: report
Source: Raw Story
July 28, 2025 10:46PM ET
Lawyers with the liberal watchdog group Democracy Defenders Fund are using a surprise tactic against the Trump administration to compel the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a new report.
Norm Eisen, a former Obama White House ethics chief and DDF co-founder, told The Daily Beast on Monday that the group has already filed a sweeping Freedom of Information Act request. While the Department of Justice probably anticipated that request, Eisen suggested that the government gave DDF an ace to play.
DDF's FOIA request cites a recent Justice Department court filing to release the grand jury tapes from the Epstein files, where the government argued that they should be quickly released because of public interest.
Eisen noted that the government's argument triggered an exception in the FOIA law that allows for the files to be released on an expedited timetable.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-administration-2673774998/
Link to Democracy Defenders Fund PRESS RELEASE - DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS FUND FILES FOR ADDITIONAL TRUMP-RELATED EPSTEIN FILES
Link to DDF FOIAs REQUEST (PDF) - https://fb1cd5ab-5a51-475c-87d1-10904a61146d.usrfiles.com/ugd/fb1cd5_38e108e26fc64442a70911edb73317dc.pdf
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so it was already a done deal before the story was published (this report was not a "real time" one 
).
I'm sure members of the grand jury want to remain anonymous & if any "tapes" (recordings) of the proceedings exist they could potentially reveal identities.
It seems odd to me that there would be "tapes".
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