Trump Administration Ignores Chuck Schumer's Deadline For Epstein Files
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Senate Democrats invoked an obscure statute requiring administration officials to turn over documents.
WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday accused the Trump administration of “breaking the law” by ignoring his demand for government files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Senate Democrats last month demanded the Justice Department hand over its Epstein files, invoking a little-known law saying a federal agency “shall submit any information requested of it” by at least five members of the Senate government affairs committee.
The Democrats’ letter gave Attorney General Pam Bondi an Aug. 15 deadline for the material, but the Justice Department has not responded to the request.
“It’s August 15th, the deadline for Trump and Bondi to release the Epstein files to us under the Rule of 5,” Schumer said Friday on social media. “They’re now breaking the law to hide the files.”
A spokesman for the Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
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