Schumer moves to force Senate to take legal action against DOJ, Trump admin over Epstein doc dump

Epstein files release stirs uproar among lawmakers Fox News' Madeleine Rivera, Republican strategist Ron Bonjean and Democratic strategist Al Mottur join 'Fox News Live' to react to the heavily redacted release of files related to the Epstein case and more. Senate Democrats are mounting a legal offensive against the Trump administration for its handling of the release of files and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., has teed up the first salvo. Schumer on Monday announced that he would file a resolution that would compel the Senate to take legal action against the Trump administration for "illegally refusing to release the complete Epstein files and heavily redacting the files that are released." "The law Congress passed is crystal clear: release the Epstein files in full, so Americans can see the truth," Schumer said in a statement. "Instead, the Trump Department of Justice dumped redactions and withheld the evidence - that breaks the law. Today, I am introducing a resolution to force the Senate to take legal action and compel this administration to comply." SCHUMER ACCUSES TRUMP ADMIN OF EPSTEIN FILES 'COVER-UP' AMID DOCUMENT DISPUTE Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Senate Democrats are gearing up for legal action following the DOJ's dump of Epstein documents. Schumer argued that the agency didn't comply with federal law. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Schumer's move comes just days after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dumped several hundred thousand documents and photos from its trove of materials related to the late Epstein . Schumer and Senate Democrats warned ahead of the document dump on Friday that unless the DOJ fully complied with the recently passed law, they would seek legal action. They argue that Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ didn’t follow the law, which Congress passed nearly unanimously out of both chambers last month. Schumer, who forced a successful vote in the Senate on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, previously argued that the "heavily redacted documents released by the Department of Justice today is just a fraction of the whole body of evidence." "Simply releasing a mountain of blacked-out pages violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the law," Schumer said in a statement. "For example, all 119 pages of one document were completely blacked out. We need answers as to why." The law required that the DOJ release all unclassified records related to Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell , known associates and entities linked to Epstein and Maxwell, internal DOJ decision-making on the Epstein case, records on destroying or tampering with documents, and all documents on his detention and death. DOJ FACES FRIDAY DEADLINE TO RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES AS LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR TRANSPARENCY The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents on Dec. 19 following President Trump's signature on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) There were narrow exceptions to what the government could opt against releasing, including materials that reveal victims’ identities...

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