The DOJ's response here is ridiculous. A law is supposed to be complied with and there is no need for an express remedy to be stated in such law. Courts enforce all laws even when there is no express remedy.
‘My god’: DOJ’s latest effort to block release of Epstein files leaves onlookers floored
They quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel them to release the files.
Whatever's in those files must be beyond horrifying.
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The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it’s required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics.
“Oh my god,” wrote Brett Meiselas, cofounder of MeidasTouch, in a social media post on X to his more than 270,000 followers Friday night in response to the DOJ’s motion......
On Friday, however, the DOJ filed a motion to block that effort in the Southern District of New York, arguing that courts lack the authority to force the agency’s hand in the matter.
“I’ve never seen a group of people go to such lengths to protect sexual predators,” wrote Shawn Ryan, an influential podcast host and former Navy SEAL to his more than 1.2 million followers on X.
Others, like the anti-MAGA political commentator “CattardSlim,” called out Attorney General Pam Bondi for what they characterized as her hypocrisy on the matter.
“Hours after posting ‘No one is above the law!’ Pam Bondi says she & the DOJ are above the law, & they don't want an independent monitor seeing what they're doing with the Epstein files,” they wrote to their more than 33,000 followers on X.
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