Schumer, House Democrats accuse Justice Department of violating Epstein disclosure law

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

12/19/25 3:12 PM ET


Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democrats on Friday accused the Trump Justice Department of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act if it does not make all the documents and records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein available to the public by Friday’s deadline.

“The law Congress passed and President Trump signed was clear as can be — the Trump administration has 30 days to release ALL the Epstein files, not just some. Failing to do so is breaking the law. This just shows the Department of Justice, Donald Trump and Pam Bondi are hellbent on hiding the truth,” Schumer said in a statement. Schumer announced that Senate Democrats “are working closely with attorneys for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and with outside legal experts to assess what documents are being withheld.”

Senate Democrats have warned that if the Trump administration refuses to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed unanimously in the Senate and by a lopsided vote of 427-1 in the House, it could become an issue in the negotiations to fund the federal government beyond Jan. 30.

The Democratic ranking members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Judiciary Committee — Reps. Robert Garcia (Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (Md.), respectively — issued a joint statement accusing President Trump and the Justice Department of “violating the law as they continue covering up the facts and evidence about Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring.” “The Department of Justice is now making clear that it intends to defy Congress itself,” they said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5657464-schumer-democrats-epstein-files/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Everything is blacked out

Link to tweet

[Javaman]

9. All the blacked parts are trump. nt

[DET]

2. So what happens now?

I’m guessing pretty much nothing. I thought that only the victim’s names were supposed to be redacted to protect their privacy.

[dem4decades]

5. Then it looks like Trump is a victim.

[slightlv]

10. It's always stated the "victims names" would be redacted.

GOP and trump never said anything about the girls being the victims, remember? They see themselves, the other monarchs and oligarchs and money-ed people who took part in this evil as the real victims. *We* are victimizing *them* as they see it. remember, up is down and black is white in the United States these days.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. "I'm guessing pretty much nothing."

Correct.

Trump’s is a lawless, criminal regime where the rule of law doesn’t exist.

[EarthFirst]

4. If tens of thousands of (hundreds) are fully redacted...

What is the course of action to presumably a giant passive aggressive fuck you on the release of the files by the DOJ?

[Bev54]

6. They are in contempt throw Bondi and Blanch in jail until the full files are released

unredacted, except for the victims.

[Hassler]

7. The next chapter in the Trump Epstein Files coverup

[wolfie001]

8. 6 fetid piles of 💩💩💩💩💩💩 on the SC back the fat orange imbecile

Nothing we can do. Just vent. Hopefully, the 2022 elections won't be stolen by the fraud-in-chief.

[tonekat]

11. They're Hiding The Ball

People with political exposure are redacted, they are breaking the law as usual.

But they made sure to show photos of Bill Clinton.

Maybe MJT can steal the file!