DOJ refuses to hand over Epstein files after judge’s order
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49081416
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The Department of Justice is refusing to hand over redacted information from investigative files connected to Jeffrey Epstein, despite an order from a federal judge to either release the documents or explain why they were withheld.
Hours before a deadline to turn over the materials, Associate U.S. Attorney General Stanley Woodward asked the judge to delay the deadline for another two months, or to dissolve the order entirely by accepting the Justice Department’s explanation for withholding those documents.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sided with journalist Katie Phang after she filed a lawsuitaccusing Donald Trump’s administration of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which the president signed into law last year.
The lawsuit, which was filed against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accuses the government of obstructing the public’s right to access materials connected to investigations into Epstein. The judge gave the Justice Department until Thursday to respond.
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The US attorney general is openly acting in contempt of federal courts. Wild.
The head of the executive branch should really do something about this, lol.
Cant the judge order the arrest of the head of the DOJ?
Exactly and that's why you want judges who are compromised or just downright loyal to you and not the country.
They have to find someone willing to make the arrest. Getting cops to arrest one of their own is usually pretty difficult.
I love this. The US executive openly defying the judicial branch. Great country.
Yes, in no way a banana republic
A nice and clean demonstration for why the rest of the world is rebuilding their networks around USA.
Canada is about to force all of our ISPs to report usage to the US, so not everybody.
Hiding the Epstein Files is a bipartisan initiative.
We're never seeing what's in them unless someone goes full Snowden. (Unlikely)
The only reason we heard about it in 2024 was because Donald knew the potency of promising to release them, and there's no accountability for promises once someone is elected.
Oh my! Who could have foreseen this outcome?!
pedophiles protecting pedophiles. The GOP is just a bunch of pedophile rapists in a trench coat.
I guess contempt of court doesnt apply in this case.....?
Surprised nothing has been exfiltrated (yet)
again, still. how is this both again and still and nobody is in jail.
And the conservative base somehow no longer gives one single fuck about holding pedos accountable.
Faux News is going to start introducing morning stretches, and by the end of 2026, their viewers will actually human centipede themselves.
Lucifer! these last bits must be doosies.