Democrats to block Senate nominations over Bondi’s ‘failure’ on Epstein files

Senate duo condemn Trump administration and say ‘there can be no business as usual until justice is delivered’

Two Democratic senators have announced that they will attempt to block any pending civilian nominations before the Senate in response to what they describe as the Trump administration’s “failure to provide a briefing to lawmakers” on the release of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, who both sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, said in a statement on Tuesday that “there can be no business as usual until justice is delivered for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes”.