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DOJ ordered to release unredacted Epstein files or explain why it can't
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to release additional unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records or explain by July 2 why it can't.
Key facts
- U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in D.C. gave the DOJ until July 2 to comply with a preliminary injunction in media legal analyst Katie Phang's lawsuit alleging the department failed to comply
- The DOJ said this month that Phang can't sue because she should have made a Freedom of Information Act request, but the journalist's lawyers argued that she had been denied FOIA requests related
- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to release additional unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records or explain by July 2 why it can't
- The ruling could force the DOJ to release previously withheld Epstein records or publicly explain why they remain sealed
Summary
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. The ruling could force the DOJ to release previously withheld Epstein records or publicly explain why they remain sealed. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in D.C. gave the DOJ until July 2 to comply with a preliminary injunction in media legal analyst Katie Phang's lawsuit alleging the department failed to comply with last year's Epstein Act. The department has already released 3.5 million pages under the law, but Phang argues it still improperly withheld or redacted additional material. Phang alleges in her suit against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that the department nevertheless violated the Epstein Act for several reasons.