WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer proposed a resolution on Monday, Dec. 22, to force the Justice Department to release more documents about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and two House members said they would seek to find Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt for withholding documents.
Schumer, of New York, said the Senate could take action on his resolution in January. But its prospects are uncertain because Democrats are in the minority. "This Administration cannot be allowed to hide the truth," Schumer said on social media.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, D-California, each accused Bondi of “breaking the law” by not releasing more documents. They threatened to seek to hold her in contempt of Congress.
Bondi reaffirmed on social media the department would bring charges against anyone involved in Epstein’s alleged trafficking and exploitation of girls as young as 14 years old. Bondi asked victims to step forward. She called the Trump administration the most transparent in history.
Congress approved a law, which President Donald Trump signed, demanding the release by Dec. 19 of all department files that didn’t name victims, portray child sexual abuse or hurt the prosecution of cases
