The Clock Is Ticking And The DOJ Has Still Not Released The Epstein Files
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suggested the DOJ may not comply with the legally mandated deadline to make the records public.
WASHINGTON — Friday is the day the Department of Justice has to make public its own investigatory files on the late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Congress passed a law giving the Trump administration 30 days to put the material in a public, searchable and downloadable database. Despite fighting it for months, the president eventually signed the legislation last month.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suggested that while the DOJ has “been working tirelessly since that day” to make the files public, the department may not fully comply with the deadline set out by The Epstein Transparency Act.
“I expect that we’re going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks. So today, several hundred thousand, and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more,” Blanche said in an interview with “Fox and Friends” Friday.
The law doesn’t spell out penalties for noncompliance. It gives the Justice Department leeway to withhold personally identifying material related to victims and matters related to ongoing investigations.
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