Trump administration is breaking Epstein law it just signed

The Trump administration is breaking the law it just signed, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday that the Justice Department won't release all Jeffrey Epstein files by the deadline set in the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a law Trump signed last month requiring full release within 30 days.

Instead, Blanche says DOJ will stretch the release over "several weeks," starting with "several hundred thousand" documents Friday and more batches to follow. The files include over 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence in FBI custody related to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Democrats immediately cried foul. Reps. Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin said they're "examining all legal options," while Chuck Schumer noted the law "was clear as can be." But here's the problem: the Epstein Files Transparency Act has no enforcement mechanism. No penalties, no consequences for missing the deadline. Blanche says DOJ is protecting victims by reviewing every document, which sounds reasonable until you remember the administration had 30 days to figure that out. The promised transparency is arriving on the government's schedule, not the law's.

Previously:
• Epstein's fortune came from scaring billionaires
• Epstein photo dump shows Trump, Clinton, Gates in sex trafficker's orbit
• Trump's latest Epstein excuse: 'He stole' Virginia Giuffre from the Mar-a-Lago spa