Schumer accuses DOJ of breaking the law over redacted Epstein files

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Senate Democrats are gearing up for court challenges and investigations following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) dump of hundreds of thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein . 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. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., who forced a successful vote in the Senate on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, argued that the "heavily redacted documents released by the Department of Justice today is just a fraction of the whole body of evidence." SCHUMER ACCUSES TRUMP ADMIN OF EPSTEIN FILES 'COVER-UP' AMID DOCUMENT DISPUTE "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." "Senate Democrats are working to assess the documents that have been released to determine what actions must be taken to hold the Trump administration accountable," he continued. "We will pursue every option to make sure the truth comes out." 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 There were narrow exceptions to what the government could opt against releasing, including materials that reveal victims’ identities or medical files, child sex abuse materials, information that could jeopardize active investigations, images of graphic death or injury, or classified national security information. Schumer and congressional Democrats , along with some congressional Republicans, were already peeve…