'Now violating federal law!' Dems declare war on Trump admin over unreleased Epstein files

Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee are declaring all-out war on the Trump administration over its apparent failure to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, which it was mandated by law to do by the end of Friday.

“Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are now violating federal law as they continue covering up the facts and evidence about Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long, billion-dollar international sex-trafficking ring,” reads a joint statement from Oversight ranking members Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), released Friday on social media.

“For months, Pam Bondi has denied survivors the transparency and accountability they have demanded and deserve and has defied the Oversight Committee’s subpoena. The Department of Justice is now making clear it intends to defy Congress itself, even as it gives star treatment to Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.”

Last month, Congress sent to Trump’s desk the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bill that required the DOJ to release all of its files on Epstein within 30 days, with the 30th day landing on Friday. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, however, revealed Friday morning that his agency would not be complying with the new law, and instead, would likely withhold hundreds of thousands of files for at least several weeks.

In response, leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are now readying to launch a legal battle against Trump and his administration, and using “all legal options.”

“We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law,” the joint statement reads. “The survivors of this nightmare deserve justice, the co-conspirators must be held accountable, and the American people deserve complete transparency from DOJ.”