Lawmakers sought to ensure the release of more information about Jeffrey Epstein this week, after the Justice Department last month blew through a statutory deadline for the production of documents about the deceased sex offender.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., main backers of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, asked a judge to appoint a “Special Master and/or Independent Monitor” to compel the further release of Epstein-related files, pointing to the department’s public noncompliance with the law.
“Put simply, the DOJ cannot be trusted with making mandatory disclosures under the Act,” the lawmakers wrote.
