A Democrat on Tuesday warned that it's likely that lawmakers will pursue legal action against the Department of Justice over its delayed release of the Epstein files.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) told CNN that the DOJ has released these documents without context, and added the agency could face legal action.
The DOJ had released additional files overnight and later Tuesday said that a letter between deceased sex offender Epstein to Larry Nassar, a former U.S. gymnastics team doctor who was convicted of sexually abusing scores of young gymnasts, alleges that President Donald Trump shared their "love of young, nubile girls" — is fake.
"They should have released all the files by this past Friday," Subramanyam said. "And so it's very difficult to then get piecemeal releases past the lawful deadline at this point. So, that's why it's difficult to have the full context on these documents, which is why we wrote the law the way we wrote the law. And they are covering this up in a criminal way, and we're going to pursue legal action."