Senate Democrats plan investigations after the Department of Justice released heavily redacted Epstein documents on Friday.
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SenateDemocratsaregearingupforcourtchallengesandinvestigationsfollowingtheDepartmentofJustice’s(DOJ)dumpofhundredsofthousandsofdocumentsrelatedtoJeffreyEpstein.
TheyarguethatAttorneyGeneralPamBondiandtheDOJdidn’tfollowthelaw,whichCongresspassednearlyunanimouslyoutofbothchamberslastmonth.
SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumer,D-N.Y.,whoforcedasuccessfulvoteintheSenateontheEpsteinFilesTransparencyAct,arguedthatthe“heavilyredacteddocumentsreleasedbytheDepartmentofJusticetodayisjustafractionofthewholebodyofevidence.”
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“Simplyreleasingamountainofblacked-outpagesviolatesthespiritoftransparencyandtheletterofthelaw,”Schumersaidinastatement.“Forexample,all119pagesofonedocumentwerecompletelyblackedout.Weneedanswersastowhy.”
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