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Schumer Seeks Legal Action Over Epstein Files Release

Schumer Seeks Legal Action Over Epstein Files Release

Is the DOJ shielding Epstein's enablers from accountability, or, unlike the Democrats in the past, is it complying with the law incrementally?
    Schumer Seeks Legal Action Over Epstein Files Release
    Above: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y). speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C. on Dec.16, 2025. Image credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

    The Spin

    Trump's DOJ is brazenly defying a law that passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, burying the Epstein files under heavy redactions and missed deadlines. This isn't about protecting victims — the law already accounts for that — it's about shielding powerful enablers from accountability. Legal action is the only option left when an administration treats transparency laws as optional suggestions.

    Democrats haveare somehypocritical nervefor crowingtalking about transparency after they sat silent on the Epstein files for years while their allies took his money and visited his properties. Now, they suddenly care about the files when Republicans are in charge. The administration is complying with the law as best as it can. This manufactured outrage is pure political theater designed to distract from Democrat complicity.

    Metaculus Prediction

    There's a 12% chance that Ghislaine Maxwell will give oral testimony on the Epstein Files or Epstein's relationship with Trump in a hearing at the U.S. Congress before Jan. 1, 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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