Key Highlights
- 19 due date, spurring Democrats and some Republicans to call for a range of consequences, from contempt to civil litigation.
- The DOJ is, however, defending the drawn-out release process, suggesting that rushing to publish piles of unexamined material would also flout the law. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a recent interview on "Meet the Press" there was "well-settled law" that supported the DOJ missing the transparency bill's deadline because of a need to meet other legal requirements in the bill, like redacting victim-identifying information.
- EPSTEIN FILE DROP INCLUDES 'UNTRUE AND SENSATIONALIST CLAIMS' ABOUT TRUMP, DOJ SAYS Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI handed over a "truckload" of Jeffrey Epstein files to the DOJ.
- (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP | ) The bill required the DOJ to withhold information about potential victims and material that could jeopardize open investigations or litigation.
- Officials could also leave out information "in the interest of national defense or foreign policy," the bill said, while keeping visible any details that could embarrass politically connected people.
