The internet erupted on Friday after House Oversight Democrats warned of legal action against the Trump administration over trying to cover up the Jeffrey Epstein files.
In a joint statement from Oversight ranking members Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the lawmakers said that President Donald Trump's administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi more specifically were violating federal law after attempting to conceal facts and evidence about the deceased child abuser Jeffrey Epstein. The files were slated to be released Friday, which the Department of Justice was legally mandated to do.
Social media users had immediate reactions to the news:
"Legal note: Immediate go to court to start contempt proceeding," Abraham Stein, advocate for seniors, wrote on X.
"WHY ARE THEY OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE?? @realDonaldTrump @PamBondi @FBIDirectorKash," TJ Adams-Falconer, former President Barack Obama aide and U.S. House of Representative candidate for California's new District 38, wrote on X.
"Don’t move the goal post. Hold them accountable today," user Danny Hulse wrote on X.
"Trump clearly guilty, why would he go to such lengths to avoid releasing the Epstein Files if they were so damming to the Dems?" User Luca Migo wrote on Bluesky.
"Well, we suspected this would happen. I remember watching the survivors speaking at the White House. The lawyers mentioned that if the survivors agree, they would release the files. Why can’t that happen?" Noreen Folan Essenberg wrote on Bluesky.
"IMHO, the ranking members should have been examining options well before now..." user Mickey Hodges wrote on Bluesky.