(There are no “files” to release.)
Not true! Judicial Watch under Tom Fitton has a lawsuit against FOIA to release them.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1943301442686632290
Benny Johnson
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🚨BREAKING: Judicial Watch reports that the DOJ and FBI are still in the process of locating and reviewing Jeffrey Epstein-related records as part of their ongoing lawsuit:
“They are sending out contradictory messages: telling the American people that no Epstein material will be released, while telling the federal court.. that the Epstein FOIA review is proceeding.” - Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch
8:29 AM · Jul 10, 2025
The administration is going to have to play the “national security” card to deal with that FOIA.
That should have been their opening gambit from day one.
(To repeat myself from other comments. The facts on the ground are not the key here. The optics are. Contradicting yourself makes you look bad no matter what the facts are.)
FOIA requests are the correct venue. But Congress itself cannot compel DOJ document releases. That is my point.