A bipartisan group of five lawmakers has asked the Justice Department for a briefing by Friday on any new information that could interfere with the department’s ability to release files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a mid-December deadline.
Congress overcame initial opposition from the White House last month when it overwhelmingly passed a bill seeking to compel the release of Justice Department files related to the disgraced financier — documents that have propelled a wave of speculation over whether other high-profile figures were tied to the sexual exploitation of girls. President Donald Trump signed it into law.
The lawmakers, in a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi, said they were writing to show their interest “in supporting the Department of Justice’s efforts to carry out the provisions of this critical new law.”
