Expert pinpoints 'easy fix' to 'gaping hole' in law that let Trump hold back Epstein files

Despite the Justice Department having been legally compelled to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein by Dec. 19, only a small fraction have been released as of Sunday, prompting a legal expert to flag not only how the DOJ skirted the law, but how Congress can compel compliance.

Signed into law by President Donald Trump on Nov. 19, the Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to release all of its files on Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.