Justice department hit with legal threats after authorities release limited, heavily redacted trove of files in apparent violation of Epstein Transparency Act. Key US politics stories from 20 December 2025

Six months of tawdry revelations and unusually staunch MAGA resistance reaches a major milestone Friday: DOJ's deadline to release the Epstein files.

Justice department must release most documents by Friday, and failure to do so would provoke a firestorm