{"id":2523361,"date":"2025-12-19T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-democrats-call-dojs-failure-to-release-all-epstein-files-violation-of-federal-law\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:54:31","slug":"oversight-democrats-call-dojs-failure-to-release-all-epstein-files-violation-of-federal-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-democrats-call-dojs-failure-to-release-all-epstein-files-violation-of-federal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Oversight Democrats call DOJ&#8217;s failure to release all Epstein files &#8216;violation of federal law&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foversight-democrats-call-dojs-failure-to-release-all-epstein-files-violation-of-federal-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Leading House Oversight Committee Democrats have accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-exposed-inflated-covid-deaths-by-1600-throughout-the-election-violated-multiple-federal-laws-peer-reviewed-study-findsstate-local-governments-must-act\/\" title=\"CDC Exposed: Inflated Covid Deaths By 1600% Throughout The Election, \u201cViolated Multiple ...s\u201d Peer...Reviewed Study Finds\u2026State, Local Governments Must Act\">violating federal law<\/a> by failing to release all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein by the established deadline. Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin condemned the Trump administration for what they described as a cover-up of Epstein&#8217;s extensive sex trafficking network. While the DOJ disputes that it missed the deadline-labeling it as &#8220;initial&#8221;-and highlighted the release of a large batch of new documents, Democrats remain dissatisfied wiht the incomplete disclosure. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the DOJ plans to release more documents gradually to ensure victim protection.Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer also pledged to explore legal avenues to compel full clarity. The Democrats emphasize the need for justice for survivors, accountability for co-conspirators, and complete openness from the DOJ.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Oversight Democrats call DOJ&rsquo;s failure to release all Epstein files &lsquo;violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevadas-sos-is-mum-on-probing-possibly-illegal-2024-votes\/\" title=\"Nevada&#039;s SOS Is Mum On Probing Possibly Illegal 2024 Votes\">federal law&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450457\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Leading <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> on the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3926499\/oversight-democrats-release-epstein-photos-accuse-doj-facilitating-white-house-cover-up\/\">Oversight Committee<\/a> believe the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal government violated federal law<\/a> after it failed to release the Epstein files in their entirety by Friday&rsquo;s deadline. The Justice Department is instead releasing &ldquo;a massive tranche&rdquo; of documents related to the sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) penned a statement condemning the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4074726\/stefanik-suspends-gubernatorial-campaign-announces-retirement-congress\/\">Stefanik suspends gubernatorial campaign and announces retirement from Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3926059\/democrats-demand-aca-subsidies-vote-holidays-victory-lap\/\">Democrats demand Obamacare subsidies vote for holidays after centrist Republicans handed them early Christmas present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3924868\/house-passes-gop-healthcare-bill-centrist-revolt\/\">House passes GOP healthcare bill amid centrist Obamacare revolt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are now violating federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence about Jeffrey Epstein&rsquo;s decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring,&rdquo; they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For months, Pam Bondi has denied survivors the transparency and accountability they have demanded and deserve and has defied the Oversight Committee&rsquo;s subpoena. The Department of Justice is now making clear it intends to defy Congress itself, even as it gives star treatment to Epstein&rsquo;s convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell,&rdquo; they added.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice is disputing that it missed the deadline, which it framed as an &ldquo;initial&rdquo; one without specifying a final deadline. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ridiculous framing,&rdquo; the DOJ said about a <em>Politico<\/em> story that reported it missed the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DOJ is releasing a massive tranche of new documents that the Biden and Obama administrations refused to release. The story here: the Trump administration is providing levels of transparency that prior administrations never even contemplated. The initial deadline is being met as we work diligently to protect victims,&rdquo; they <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOJSpox47\/status\/2002088420588540212\">wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday morning in a Fox News interview that the department would &ldquo;release several hundred thousand documents today,&rdquo; but not all of them.<\/p>\n<p>He added that it would &ldquo;release more documents over the next couple of weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of eyes looking at these, and we want to make sure that when we do produce the materials we are producing, that we are protecting every single victim,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia and Raskin are dissatisfied with the incomplete release and said they will explore their legal options.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Courts around the country have repeatedly intervened when this Administration has broken the law.&nbsp;We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law.&nbsp;The survivors of this nightmare deserve justice, the co-conspirators must be held accountable, and the American people deserve complete transparency from DOJ,&rdquo;&nbsp;they added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3926499\/oversight-democrats-release-epstein-photos-accuse-doj-facilitating-white-house-cover-up\/\">OVERSIGHT DEMOCRATS RELEASE NEW EPSTEIN PHOTOS AND ACCUSE DOJ OF FACILITATING &lsquo;WHITE HOUSE COVER-UP&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also said he would explore legal options for the release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The deadline is here. TODAY is the deadline for the WH to release the Epstein Files. Their failure to do so is against the law. I am working closely with attorneys to assess what documents are still being withheld. We will not stop until the whole truth comes out,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2002066344788033999?s=20\">wrote <\/a>on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats say DOJ broke law by not fully releasing Epstein files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2523362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oversight-democrats.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,7076,51209,36229,5618],"class_list":["post-2523361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-doj","tag-epstein-files","tag-federal-law","tag-oversight"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oversight-democrats.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523365,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523361\/revisions\/2523365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}