Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y., speaks to press on Wednesday after filing a cloture motion and amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would force a Senate vote on releasing the Epstein files. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday filed a cloture motion to force the Senate to vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files to the public.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, filed the cloture motion after submitting an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the files related to the federal investigation and 2019 prosecution of Epstein, which ended when he committed suicide while in a New York City jail.
"I just filed an amendment on the Senate floor to require the attorney general to release the Epstein files," Schumer afterward said in a post on X.
"Republicans will have to vote on it," he said. "We're going to keep fighting until these files are released."
