1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

The Department of Justice is in blatant violation of federal law. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law in November, required the DOJ to release all documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by December 19. It has now been more than 33 days past that deadline, and the DOJ has released less than 1% of the more than two million documents in its possession. This is not a matter of administrative delay or bureaucratic inefficiency. This is willful noncompliance with a law passed by Congress. While the Trump Administration claims it needs time for extensive redactions to protect victims' identities, the law already accounted for such concerns and still mandated release by the December deadline. The minimal releases and heavy redactions we have seen suggest the DOJ is prioritizing protection of powerful individuals over transparency and justice for survivors. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has rightly condemned this as a "blatant disregard of the law" and introduced a resolution calling for legal action. The bipartisan authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, sought judicial intervention to appoint an independent monitor, demonstrating that this is not a partisan issue but a matter of basic accountability. The American people deserve to know the full scope of Epstein's sex trafficking network and who enabled it. Survivors deserve justice. Every day these files remain hidden is another day that potential co-conspirators and enablers escape scrutiny. I urge you to use every tool at your disposal to force DOJ compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Support Senator Schumer's resolution. Demand answers from the Attorney General. Use congressional oversight powers to compel immediate release of all documents with only the minimal redactions necessary to protect victim identities. The law is clear, and the DOJ must follow it.