{"id":3316,"date":"2025-07-30T15:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/epstein-files-must-be-released-by-trump-administration-under-obscure-law-democrats-contend\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:19:43","slug":"epstein-files-must-be-released-by-trump-administration-under-obscure-law-democrats-contend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/epstein-files-must-be-released-by-trump-administration-under-obscure-law-democrats-contend\/","title":{"rendered":"Epstein files must be released by Trump administration under obscure law, Democrats contend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/epsteinpressconference-1024x694.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., demanding the release of the Epstein files at the U.S. Capitol on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. \u00a0(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., demanding the release of the Epstein files at the U.S. Capitol on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. \u00a0(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday began charting a little-known legal path to force President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to release the investigative files on the now deceased Florida sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, along with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, requested the \u201cfull and complete Epstein files\u201d by Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter missteps and failed promises by your Department regarding these files, it is essential that the Trump Administration provide full transparency. In 2024, President Trump stated on the campaign trail that he would declassify the Epstein files, with his political account on X stating, \u2018President Trump says he will DECLASSIFY the 9\/11 Files, JFK Files, and Epstein Files,\u2019\u201d according to the three-page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26035896-5-member-letter-to-doj-re-epstein-files-version-1-07-29-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> led by Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, the committee\u2019s top Democrat.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe call on you to fulfill those promises of transparency,\u201d the letter, dated July 29, continued.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In addition to Schumer, other co-signers included Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Andy Kim of New Jersey and Ruben Gallego of Arizona.<\/p>\n<h4>Five senators<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The senators are invoking a nearly century-old\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:5%20section:2954%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2954)&amp;f=treesort&amp;edition=prelim&amp;num=0&amp;jumpTo=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law<\/a> that compels the executive branch to comply if at least five senators on the committee sign on to a request, Schumer told reporters at a Wednesday press conference.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhile protecting the victim\u2019s identities can and must be of top importance, the public has a right to know who enabled, knew of or participated in one of the most heinous sex trafficking operations in history,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Blumenthal added that any notes and recordings of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche\u2019s interviews\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/tumult-over-epstein-files-dogs-trump-both-dc-and-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last week<\/a> in Tallahassee, Florida, with Ghislaine Maxwell should also be made public. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is now serving a 20-year sentence in a Florida federal prison for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conspiring<\/a> with Epstein to secure and transport minors for sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Along with requesting all investigative materials by mid-August, the senators also demanded a briefing for committee staff by Aug. 29.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Schumer said committee Democrats are \u201cstill talking\u201d to Republican colleagues to urge them to join the request.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnd that may help get this public, but if not, there\u2019s recourse in the courts. This is the law,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed to States Newsroom that it received the letter but declined to comment further.<\/p>\n<h4>Ghislaine Maxwell subpoenaed<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Justice Department\u2019s decision in early July to keep what are described as the Epstein files out of public view sparked uproar and division among Republicans in Congress, administration officials and Trump\u2019s base.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, a Kentucky Republican,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/chairman-comer-subpoenas-ghislaine-maxwell-for-deposition-at-federal-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a subpoena<\/a> for an Aug. 11 deposition with Maxwell. Committee leadership rejected the convicted sex trafficker\u2019s request Tuesday for the condition of immunity,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/29\/politics\/maxwell-conditions-congressional-testimony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to media reports.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The continued noise led House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican and Trump ally, to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/us-house-gop-scatter-early-august-break-amid-pressure-epstein-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> members early for the six-week August break to avoid votes related to compelling the release of Epstein material.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The DOJ\u2019s unsigned memo on July 7 stated that a review of the files did not reveal an \u201cincriminating \u2018client list\u2019\u201d and that no further disclosure of the investigative materials \u201cwould be appropriate or warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since the memo\u2019s release, the Wall Street Journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that Bondi briefed Trump in May that his name appeared in the Epstein materials. The context in which his name appears remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Journal also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the existence of a 50th-birthday greeting that Trump drew and wrote for Epstein that featured the outline of a naked woman with Trump\u2019s signature as pubic hair. Trump has denied he made the drawing and sued the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The reports have further fueled calls for the files to be released.<\/p>\n<h4>Falling-out between Trump and Epstein<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/white-house-event\/president-trump-speaks-to-reporters-aboard-air-force-one\/663609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> Tuesday that he had a falling-out with Epstein after the financier began \u201ctaking\u201d spa workers, whom Trump said were young women, from his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump said Epstein \u201cstole\u201d Virginia Giuffre who worked at the Palm Beach, Florida, resort in 2000 at age 16, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/7010864-Virginia-Giuffre-Maxwell-Deposition\/?q=mar-a-lago&amp;mode=document#document\/p9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 2016 deposition.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Giuffre alleged Maxwell and Epstein trafficked her as a teen for illegal sex with influential men, including Britain\u2019s Prince Andrew, who settled with Giuffre and stepped down from his royal duties.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Giuffre became an advocate for victims of sex trafficking. She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/virginia-giuffre-plaintiff-in-epstein-and-prince-andrew-sex-trafficking-case-dies-at-41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> by suicide in April.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Justice Department concluded Epstein harmed more than 1,000 victims.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Epstein was found hanged in August 2019 in his New York City jail cell, where he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>This story mentions suicide.\u00a0\u00a0If you or a loved one are suffering with thoughts of suicide,\u00a0call or text 988. An online chat option is also available at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>988lifeline.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. 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