Top Democrat urges Senate to sue over Justice Department’s staggered Epstein files release

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Source: scmp.com
Top Democrat urges Senate to sue over Justice Department’s staggered Epstein files release
Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, urged his colleagues on Monday to take legal action over the Justice Department’s incremental and heavily redacted release of records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Schumer introduced a resolution that, if passed, would direct the Senate to file or join lawsuits aimed at forcing the Justice Department to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted last month that required disclosure of records by last...