‘My god’: DOJ’s latest effort to block release of Epstein files leaves onlookers floored

The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it’s required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics.

“Oh my god,” wrote Brett Meiselas, cofounder of MeidasTouch, in a social media post on X to his more than 270,000 followers Friday night in response to the DOJ’s motion.

Signed into law last November, the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA)...